diff --git a/srcpkgs/xosview/patches/musl-fix.patch b/srcpkgs/xosview/patches/musl-fix.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..98f81c61880
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/xosview/patches/musl-fix.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+--- linux/serialmeter.cc	2016-01-02 10:39:10.279496776 +0100
++++ linux/serialmeter.cc	2016-01-02 10:37:54.667491325 +0100
+@@ -39,9 +39,11 @@
+ #endif
+ #else
+ #if !defined(__alpha__) && !defined(__sparc__) && !defined(__powerpc__) && !defined(__ia64__) && !defined(__m68k__)
++#if defined(HAVE_ASM_IO_H)
+ #include <asm/io.h>
+ #endif
+ #endif
++#endif
+ #include <linux/serial.h>
+ 
+ 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/xosview/template b/srcpkgs/xosview/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ceb7e2504ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/xosview/template
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# Template file for 'xosview'
+pkgname=xosview
+version=1.17
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-makefile
+makedepends="libXpm-devel"
+short_desc="A classic system monitoring tool"
+maintainer="Diogo Leal <diogo@diogoleal.com>"
+license="GPL-3"
+homepage="http://www.pogo.org.uk/~mark/xosview"
+distfiles="http://www.pogo.org.uk/~mark/xosview/releases/xosview-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=640998e7bd23b875e2556a97b9149a4cca0ac255889f484489b13a888c19b3f1
+
+case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
+	*-musl)	# does not have asm/io.h
+		;;
+	*)	CFLAGS="-DHAVE_ASM_IO=1"
+		;;
+esac