diff --git a/srcpkgs/stepmania/patches/flags.patch b/srcpkgs/stepmania/patches/flags.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ebf912e9ee2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/stepmania/patches/flags.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+--- CMakeLists.txt.orig	2016-09-15 01:51:53.168404310 -0500
++++ CMakeLists.txt	2016-09-15 16:00:14.326726871 -0500
+@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@
+ 
+ include (StepmaniaCore.cmake)
+ 
++set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} ${CXXFLAGS}")
++set(CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS} ${LDFLAGS}")
++set(WITH_MINIMAID OFF)
++set(CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX "${DESTDIR}/opt")
++
+ # The external libraries need to be included.
+ add_subdirectory(extern)
+ 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/stepmania/template b/srcpkgs/stepmania/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7c7918dde2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/stepmania/template
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# Template file for 'stepmania'
+pkgname=stepmania
+version=5.0.12
+revision=1
+build_style=cmake
+cmake_builddir="Build"
+hostmakedepends="nasm yasm pkg-config git"
+makedepends="libmad-devel libvorbis-devel pcre-devel libjpeg-turbo-devel
+alsa-lib-devel libXrandr-devel libva-devel glew-devel"
+short_desc="Advanced rhythm game"
+maintainer="Michael Aldridge <aldridge.mac@gmail.com>"
+license="MIT"
+homepage="http://www.stepmania.com/"
+distfiles="https://github.com/stepmania/stepmania/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=df79bcadd69d4ed60cf560d45386ec275181343495ffd744c3ff8f73c83d4755
+
+# Upstream has stated that only x86 hardware can meed the performance
+# constraints and that musl is not supported due to interop issues
+# with Windows
+only_for_archs="i686 x86_64"
+
+post_install() {
+	vlicense Docs/Licenses.txt
+
+	mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}/usr/bin
+	cd ${DESTDIR}
+	ln -sf ../../opt/stepmania-5.0/stepmania usr/bin/
+}