diff --git a/srcpkgs/socklog/patches/cross.patch b/srcpkgs/socklog/patches/cross.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..41275cc560e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/socklog/patches/cross.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+chskshsgr must be built for the host. 
+
+--- src/Makefile.orig	2014-07-18 18:38:30.305068171 +0200
++++ src/Makefile	2014-07-18 18:40:28.028069614 +0200
+@@ -117,11 +117,11 @@
+ byte_zero.o: byte.h byte_zero.c compile
+ 	./compile byte_zero.c
+ 
+-chkshsgr: chkshsgr.o load
+-	./load chkshsgr 
++chkshsgr: chkshsgr.o loadhost
++	./loadhost chkshsgr 
+ 
+-chkshsgr.o: chkshsgr.c compile
+-	./compile chkshsgr.c
++chkshsgr.o: chkshsgr.c compilehost
++	./compilehost chkshsgr.c
+ 
+ choose: choose.sh warn-auto.sh
+ 	rm -f choose
+@@ -137,6 +137,11 @@
+ 	sh print-cc.sh > compile
+ 	chmod 555 compile
+ 
++compilehost:
++	cat warn-auto.sh > compilehost
++	@echo 'exec cc -c $${1+"$$@"}' >> compilehost
++	chmod 555 compilehost
++
+ direntry.h: choose compile direntry.h1 direntry.h2 trydrent.c
+ 	./choose c trydrent direntry.h1 direntry.h2 > direntry.h
+ 
+@@ -198,6 +203,15 @@
+ 	sh print-ld.sh > load
+ 	chmod 555 load
+ 
++loadhost:
++	rm -f loadhost
++	@echo > loadhost
++	@echo 'systype="`cat systype`"' >> loadhost
++	@echo 'cat warn-auto.sh' >> loadhost
++	@echo 'main="$$1"; shift' >> loadhost
++	@echo 'exec cc -o "$$main" "$$main".o $${1+"$$@"}' >> loadhost
++	chmod 555 loadhost
++
+ lock_ex.o: compile hasflock.h lock.h lock_ex.c
+ 	./compile lock_ex.c
+ 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/socklog/template b/srcpkgs/socklog/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0b20e34f65d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/socklog/template
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+# Template file for 'socklog'
+pkgname=socklog
+version=2.1.0
+revision=1
+wrksrc=admin/${pkgname}-${version}
+short_desc="Small and secure syslogd replacement for use with runit"
+maintainer="Christian Neukirchen <chneukirchen@gmail.com>"
+license="custom"
+homepage="http://smarden.org/socklog/"
+distfiles="http://smarden.org/socklog/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=aa869a787ee004da4e5509b5a0031bcc17a4ab4ac650c2ce8d4e488123acb455
+
+build_options="static"
+
+do_build() {
+        if [ "$build_option_static" ]; then
+                LDFLAGS+=" -static"
+        fi
+	echo "$CC -D_GNU_SOURCE $CFLAGS" >src/conf-cc
+	echo "$CC $LDFLAGS -Wl,-z -Wl,noexecstack" >src/conf-ld
+	package/compile
+}
+
+do_install() {
+	for bin in command/*; do
+		vbin $bin
+	done
+	for man in man/*; do
+		vman $man
+	done
+	for doc in doc/*.html; do
+		vdoc $doc
+	done
+	vlicense package/COPYING
+}