diff --git a/srcpkgs/cmatrix/patches/00-cross_compile.diff b/srcpkgs/cmatrix/patches/00-cross_compile.diff
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..def9a26ec63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/cmatrix/patches/00-cross_compile.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+--- configure.old	2014-06-11 11:45:38.108575635 +0200
++++ configure	2014-06-11 11:45:46.907574976 +0200
+@@ -1885,7 +1885,7 @@ echo "configure:1885: checking for $ac_f
+ if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_file_$ac_safe'+set}'`\" = set"; then
+   echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
+ else
+-  if test "$cross_compiling" = yes; then
++  if test "$cross_compiling" = XXyes; then
+     { echo "configure: error: Cannot check for file existence when cross compiling" 1>&2; exit 1; }
+ else
+   if test -r $ac_file; then
+@@ -1971,7 +1971,7 @@ echo "configure:1971: checking for $ac_f
+ if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_file_$ac_safe'+set}'`\" = set"; then
+   echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
+ else
+-  if test "$cross_compiling" = yes; then
++  if test "$cross_compiling" = XXyes; then
+     { echo "configure: error: Cannot check for file existence when cross compiling" 1>&2; exit 1; }
+ else
+   if test -r $ac_file; then
diff --git a/srcpkgs/cmatrix/template b/srcpkgs/cmatrix/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..aba986d3ddc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/cmatrix/template
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# Template file for 'zsync'
+pkgname=cmatrix
+version=1.2a
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-configure
+short_desc="cmatrix simulates the display from The Matrix"
+maintainer="Enno Boland <eb@s01.de>"
+makedepends="ncurses-devel"
+hostmakedepends="kbd"
+license="GPL-2"
+homepage="http://www.asty.org/cmatrix"
+distfiles="http://www.asty.org/$pkgname/dist/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
+checksum=1fa6e6caea254b6fe70a492efddc1b40ad7ccb950a5adfd80df75b640577064c