diff --git a/srcpkgs/libcppunit/patches/gcc-4.5.patch b/srcpkgs/libcppunit/patches/gcc-4.5.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b08ae6a0316
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libcppunit/patches/gcc-4.5.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+--- src/cppunit/Makefile.am
++++ src/cppunit/Makefile.am
+@@ -63,5 +63,11 @@
+ 
+ libcppunit_la_LDFLAGS= \
+  -no-undefined -version-info $(LT_CURRENT):$(LT_REVISION):$(LT_AGE) \
+- -release $(LT_RELEASE)
++ -release $(LT_RELEASE) @LIBADD_DL@
+ 
++TESTS = t_link
++
++check_PROGRAMS = t_link
++
++t_link_SOURCES = t_link.cpp
++t_link_LDADD = libcppunit.la
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libcppunit/template b/srcpkgs/libcppunit/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4f19df19a15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libcppunit/template
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# Template file for 'libcppunit'
+pkgname=libcppunit
+version=1.12.1
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-configure
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config autoconf automake libtool"
+short_desc="C++ unit testing framework"
+maintainer="Enno Boland <eb@s01.de>"
+license="LGPL"
+homepage="http://cppunit.sourceforge.net"
+distfiles="http://downloads.sourceforge.net/cppunit/cppunit-$version.tar.gz"
+checksum=ac28a04c8e6c9217d910b0ae7122832d28d9917fa668bcc9e0b8b09acb4ea44a
+wrksrc="cppunit-$version"
+make_build_args="LDFLAGS=-ldl"
+
+pre_configure() {
+	autoreconf -i
+	libtoolize -f
+}
+
+libcppunit-devel_package() {
+	depends="libcppunit>=${version}_${revision}"
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/include
+		vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.a"
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.so"
+		vmove /usr/bin/cppunit-config
+		vmove /usr/share/man/man1/cppunit-config.1
+	}
+}