diff --git a/srcpkgs/xnots/patches/compiler.patch b/srcpkgs/xnots/patches/compiler.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2db29ae5fc6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/xnots/patches/compiler.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+--- Makefile~	2009-01-11 21:52:10.000000000 +0100
++++ Makefile	2017-11-18 19:31:11.107853009 +0100
+@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@
+ #
+ # Programs
+ #
+-CC		= gcc
+ INSTALL		= install
+ INSTALL_PROGRAM	= $(INSTALL)
+ INSTALL_DATA	= ${INSTALL} -m 644
+--- src/Makefile~	2009-01-11 21:52:10.000000000 +0100
++++ src/Makefile	2017-11-18 19:37:49.493851304 +0100
+@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
+ 
+ objects		= $(sources:.c=.o)
+ 
+-CC		= gcc
+ 
+ #
+ # Compile flags
diff --git a/srcpkgs/xnots/patches/inline.patch b/srcpkgs/xnots/patches/inline.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ac56858605c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/xnots/patches/inline.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+diff --git src/notes.c src/notes.c
+index 0c427dd..5d32740 100644
+--- src/notes.c
++++ src/notes.c
+@@ -731,7 +731,7 @@ correctNoteHeight( Note *note )
+ /*
+   Reset the width of note internals (e.g. the pango layout) to note->width.
+ */
+-inline void
++void
+ resetNoteWidth( Note *note )
+ {
+     pango_layout_set_width( note->playout,
+diff --git src/xnots.h src/xnots.h
+index 8280ccb..ef7395b 100644
+--- src/xnots.h
++++ src/xnots.h
+@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ void		correctNoteGeometry	( Note		*note,
+ 					  unsigned	height
+ 					);
+ void		correctNoteHeight	( Note *note );
+-inline void	resetNoteWidth		( Note *note );
++void		resetNoteWidth		( Note *note );
+ void		freeNote		( Note *note );
+ void		showNotes		();
+ void		setNoteText		( Note *note, char *text);
diff --git a/srcpkgs/xnots/template b/srcpkgs/xnots/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8aeba4bdf65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/xnots/template
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# Template file for 'xnots'
+pkgname=xnots
+version=0.2.1
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-makefile
+make_build_args="CCOPT=\$CFLAGS"
+make_install_args="prefix=/usr"
+hostmakedepends="perl pkg-config"
+makedepends="libX11-devel libXrandr-devel pango-devel"
+short_desc="Desktop sticky notes application for Unix geeks"
+maintainer="Piotr Wójcik <chocimier@tlen.pl>"
+license="GPL-2"
+homepage="http://xnots.sourceforge.net/"
+distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/project/${pkgname}/${pkgname}/${pkgname}-${version}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=80bbab0334880f79aa12cf17ebffc5730a85dc537e8e6208169720656ecd72ca
+make_use_env=yes
+
+case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
+	aarch64*) broken="inotify-syscalls.h incomplete";;
+esac
diff --git a/srcpkgs/xnots/update b/srcpkgs/xnots/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fda2c2e238f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/xnots/update
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+site=http://sourceforge.net/projects/xnots/rss?limit=2