diff --git a/srcpkgs/poedit/patches/wxGTK-2.8-compat.patch b/srcpkgs/poedit/patches/wxGTK-2.8-compat.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b6f2b9414d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/poedit/patches/wxGTK-2.8-compat.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- src/fileviewer.cpp.orig	2013-08-26 16:05:59.266827747 +0200
++++ src/fileviewer.cpp	2013-08-26 16:06:10.757754463 +0200
+@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ void FileViewer::ShowReference(wxString
+         linenum = 0;
+ 
+     m_text->SetReadOnly(false);
+-    m_text->SetValue(data);
++    m_text->SetText(data);
+     m_text->SetReadOnly(true);
+ 
+     m_text->MarkerDeleteAll(1);
diff --git a/srcpkgs/poedit/template b/srcpkgs/poedit/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7fa3bf2150e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/poedit/template
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# Template file for 'poedit'
+pkgname=poedit
+version=1.5.7
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-configure
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
+makedepends="db-devel gtkspell-devel wxGTK-devel boost-devel"
+short_desc="Cross-platform gettext catalogs (.po files) editor"
+maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
+license="GPL-3"
+homepage="http://www.poedit.net/"
+distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/$pkgname/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
+checksum=24535cac22c8f7fb4f995710f6638ebc26825056076a04210ee66e19d65c0f78
+
+poedit_package() {
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove all
+	}
+}