diff --git a/srcpkgs/sopwith/files/sopwith.desktop b/srcpkgs/sopwith/files/sopwith.desktop
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c0b141ec5f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/sopwith/files/sopwith.desktop
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+[Desktop Entry]
+Encoding=UTF-8
+Type=Application
+GenericName=Sopwith
+Comment=WW1 Dogfighting Game
+Exec=/usr/bin/sopwith
+StartupNotify=false
+Terminal=false
+Categories=Application;Game;
+Icon=/usr/share/pixmaps/sopwith.png
diff --git a/srcpkgs/sopwith/files/sopwith.png b/srcpkgs/sopwith/files/sopwith.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..436b8e42b65
Binary files /dev/null and b/srcpkgs/sopwith/files/sopwith.png differ
diff --git a/srcpkgs/sopwith/patches/enable_cross_compilation.patch b/srcpkgs/sopwith/patches/enable_cross_compilation.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5e4c0d2aa10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/sopwith/patches/enable_cross_compilation.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+--- configure.in.orig
++++ configure.in
+@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
+-AC_INIT(src/swmain.c)
++AC_INIT([sopwith], [1.8.4])
+ AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR(autotools)
+ 
+ VERSION=1.8.4
+@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@
+ 	;;
+ esac
+ 
+-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(sopwith,$VERSION)
++AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([-Wall foreign])
++AM_PROG_AR
+ 
+ AM_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h:config.hin)
+ 
+--- src/Makefile.am.orig
++++ src/Makefile.am
+@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
+ bin_PROGRAMS = @SOPWITH_BINS@
+ EXTRA_PROGRAMS = sopwith gtksopwith psopwith
+ 
+-CFLAGS = @CFLAGS@ -I..
++AM_CFLAGS = @CFLAGS@ @SDL_CFLAGS@ -I..
+ 
+ COMMON_SRC =       \
+ video.h	    swcollsn.c  swgames.h   swmain.h    swutil.h 	\
+--- src/sdl/Makefile.am.orig
++++ src/sdl/Makefile.am
+@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
+-CFLAGS=@CFLAGS@ @SDL_CFLAGS@ -I..
++AM_CFLAGS=@CFLAGS@ @SDL_CFLAGS@ -I..
+ 
+ noinst_LIBRARIES = libsdlsopwith.a
+ 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/sopwith/template b/srcpkgs/sopwith/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..32f6cad630a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/sopwith/template
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# Template file for 'sopwith'
+pkgname=sopwith
+version=1.8.4
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-configure
+makedepends="SDL-devel"
+hostmakedepends="automake ${makedepends}"
+short_desc="Sidescrolling shoot 'em up game"
+maintainer="beefcurtains <beefcurtains@users.noreply.github.com>"
+license="GPL-2"
+homepage="http://sdl-sopwith.sourceforge.net/"
+distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/sdl-sopwith/sdl_sopwith/${version}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=a5ecb795a7aeff6be3ebfb99f1c6218054b73048786809f8468a92c952c17bd0
+
+pre_configure() {
+	mv configure.{in,ac}
+	autoreconf -fi
+}
+
+post_install() {
+	vinstall ${FILESDIR}/${pkgname}.png 644 usr/share/pixmaps
+	vinstall ${FILESDIR}/${pkgname}.desktop 644 usr/share/applications
+}