diff --git a/srcpkgs/openscad/patches/uic_qgettext.patch b/srcpkgs/openscad/patches/uic_qgettext.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..af3ad233394
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/openscad/patches/uic_qgettext.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+From 4fa5f0340a2b7b031a0b39f7de0ca795d52bb68b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Torsten Paul <Torsten.Paul@gmx.de>
+Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2016 19:29:04 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] Handle 2 argument translation calls generated by Qt 5.7.1
+ (fixes #1872).
+
+---
+ src/qtgettext.h | 12 +++++++++---
+ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git src/qtgettext.h src/qtgettext.h
+index 6e66716..dbc4f17 100644
+--- src/qtgettext.h
++++ src/qtgettext.h
+@@ -16,10 +16,16 @@
+ 
+ #define N_(String) String
+ 
+-inline QString _( const char *msgid, int category )
++inline QString _(const char *msgid, int category)
+ {
+-	Q_UNUSED( category );
+-	return QString::fromUtf8( _( msgid ) );
++	Q_UNUSED(category);
++	return QString::fromUtf8(_(msgid));
++}
++
++inline QString _(const char *msgid, const char *disambiguation)
++{
++	Q_UNUSED(disambiguation);
++	return QString::fromUtf8(_(msgid));
+ }
+ 
+ #endif
diff --git a/srcpkgs/openscad/template b/srcpkgs/openscad/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a2c42699733
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/openscad/template
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# Template file for 'openscad'
+
+pkgname="openscad"
+version="2015.03.2"
+revision=1
+_distver="${version%.*}-${version##*.}"
+build_style=qmake
+short_desc="The programmers solid 3D CAD modeller"
+maintainer="Pierre Allegraud <pierre.allegraud@crans.org>"
+license="GPL-2"
+homepage="http://www.openscad.org"
+distfiles="http://files.openscad.org/${pkgname}-${_distver}.src.tar.gz"
+checksum="a2535bb9e27d96e10e1e19268a596155164c7129d410a0c7f96edc2d09400083"
+wrksrc="${pkgname}-${_distver}"
+
+hostmakedepends="bison flex pkg-config"
+makedepends="cgal-devel harfbuzz-devel opencsg-devel qscintilla-qt5-devel"