diff --git a/extra/gnu-netcat/PKGBUILD b/extra/gnu-netcat/PKGBUILD
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..71a85e748
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extra/gnu-netcat/PKGBUILD
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+# $Id$
+# Maintainer: Tom K <tomk@runbox.com>
+
+# ALARM: Kevin Mihelich <kevin@archlinuxarm.org>
+#  - patch for ARM fix (http://sourceforge.net/p/netcat/bugs/23/)
+
+pkgname=gnu-netcat
+pkgver=0.7.1
+pkgrel=5.1
+pkgdesc="GNU rewrite of netcat, the network piping application"
+depends=('glibc' 'texinfo')
+arch=('i686' 'x86_64')
+url="http://netcat.sourceforge.net/"
+license=('GPL')
+replaces=('netcat')
+provides=('netcat')
+install=gnu-netcat.install
+source=("http://downloads.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/netcat/netcat-$pkgver.tar.bz2"
+        'gnu-netcat-flagcount.patch')
+md5sums=('0a29eff1736ddb5effd0b1ec1f6fe0ef'
+         'fccdd10bf84b18ba4e1d9ef2677e038c')
+
+prepare() {
+  cd "${srcdir}/netcat-${pkgver}"
+  patch -p1 -i ../gnu-netcat-flagcount.patch
+}
+
+build() {
+  cd "${srcdir}/netcat-${pkgver}"
+  ./configure --prefix=/usr --mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/usr/share/info
+  make
+}
+
+package() {
+  cd "${srcdir}/netcat-${pkgver}"
+  make DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" install
+}
diff --git a/extra/gnu-netcat/gnu-netcat-flagcount.patch b/extra/gnu-netcat/gnu-netcat-flagcount.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..765212cb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extra/gnu-netcat/gnu-netcat-flagcount.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+--- a/src/flagset.c
++++ b/src/flagset.c
+@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@
+ 
+ int netcat_flag_count(void)
+ {
+-  register char c;
++  register unsigned char c;
+   register int i;
+   int ret = 0;
+ 
+@@ -154,8 +154,8 @@
+ 	Assumed that the bit number 1 is the sign, and that we will shift the
+ 	bit 1 (or the bit that takes its place later) until the the most right,
+ 	WHY it has to keep the wrong sign? */
+-      ret -= (c >> 7);
+-      c <<= 1;
++      ret += (c & 1);
++      c >>= 1;
+     }
+   }
+ 
diff --git a/extra/gnu-netcat/gnu-netcat.install b/extra/gnu-netcat/gnu-netcat.install
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a946aa2ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extra/gnu-netcat/gnu-netcat.install
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+infodir=/usr/share/info
+
+post_install() {
+  install-info $infodir/netcat.info.gz $infodir/dir 2> /dev/null
+}
+
+post_upgrade() {
+  post_install $1
+}
+
+pre_remove() {
+  install-info --delete $infodir/netcat.info.gz $infodir/dir 2> /dev/null
+}