diff --git a/srcpkgs/workrave/patches/configure_ac.patch b/srcpkgs/workrave/patches/configure_ac.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..641b1b07615
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/workrave/patches/configure_ac.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- ./configure.ac.orig	2015-11-02 15:12:56.227947986 -0500
++++ ./configure.ac	2015-11-02 15:13:00.392948034 -0500
+@@ -323,6 +323,8 @@
+ 
+ AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_DSOUND, test "x$have_dsound" = "xyes")
+ 
++AC_CHECK_LIB(intl, gettext)
++
+ dnl
+ dnl OSX specific checks
+ dnl
diff --git a/srcpkgs/workrave/patches/musl-nl_langinfo.patch b/srcpkgs/workrave/patches/musl-nl_langinfo.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9f558bbd198
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/workrave/patches/musl-nl_langinfo.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- ./common/src/Locale.cc.orig	2015-11-02 15:03:27.293941445 -0500
++++ ./common/src/Locale.cc	2015-11-02 15:07:49.600944461 -0500
+@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@
+     }
+ #endif
+ 
+-#ifdef PLATFORM_OS_UNIX
++#if defined(PLATFORM_OS_UNIX) && defined(__GLIBC__)
+   union { unsigned int word; char *string; } langinfo;
+   gint week_1stday = 0;
+   gint first_weekday = 1;
diff --git a/srcpkgs/workrave/template b/srcpkgs/workrave/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a1210560740
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/workrave/template
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# Template file for 'workrave'
+pkgname=workrave
+version=1.10.8
+revision=1
+_realversion="${version//./_}"
+wrksrc="${pkgname}-${_realversion}"
+nocross=yes # gobject-introspection
+build_style=gnu-configure
+configure_args="--disable-static --disable-gnome $(vopt_enable pulseaudio pulse)"
+hostmakedepends="automake autoconf-archive gettext-devel intltool pkg-config
+ gobject-introspection python-cheetah"
+makedepends="gtkmm-devel libSM-devel libXtst-devel libXScrnSaver-devel
+ $(vopt_if pulseaudio pulseaudio-devel)"
+short_desc="Program that assists in the recovery and prevention of RSI"
+maintainer="Steve Prybylski <sa.prybylx@gmail.com>"
+license="GPL-3"
+homepage="http://www.workrave.org/"
+distfiles="https://github.com/rcaelers/${pkgname}/archive/v${_realversion}.tar.gz"
+checksum=15e0c87c2172dc249031d97d4020ee4a47ea9073aa26dc06a4b15e91abf88479
+
+build_options="pulseaudio"
+
+pre_configure() {
+	NOCONFIGURE=1 ./autogen.sh
+}