diff --git a/community/mimetic/PKGBUILD b/community/mimetic/PKGBUILD
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c9bc24ae8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/community/mimetic/PKGBUILD
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+# Maintainer: Antonio Rojas <arojas@archlinux.org>
+# Contributor: Andreas Baumann <mail@andreasbaumann.cc>
+
+# ALARM: Kevin Mihelich <kevin@archlinuxarm.org>
+#  - patch to fix signed char usage
+
+pkgname=mimetic
+pkgver=0.9.8
+pkgrel=1
+pkgdesc="A free, MIT licensed, Email library (MIME) written in C++"
+url="http://www.codesink.org/mimetic_mime_library.html"
+arch=(i686 x86_64)
+license=(MIT)
+depends=(gcc-libs)
+source=(http://www.codesink.org/download/$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz
+        signed-char.patch)
+sha256sums=('3a07d68d125f5e132949b078c7275d5eb0078dd649079bd510dd12b969096700'
+            'fc7cad20839fa5ea50b9189eed9a628470051ad594a55b228c302947eb6f91b2')
+
+prepare() {
+  cd $pkgname-$pkgver
+
+  patch -p1 -i ../signed-char.patch
+}
+
+build() {
+  cd $pkgname-$pkgver
+
+  ./configure --prefix=/usr
+  make
+}
+
+package() {
+  cd $pkgname-$pkgver
+
+  make DESTDIR="$pkgdir" install
+  install -Dm644 LICENSE "$pkgdir"/usr/share/licenses/$pkgname/LICENSE
+}
diff --git a/community/mimetic/signed-char.patch b/community/mimetic/signed-char.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..df33df9e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/community/mimetic/signed-char.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+Description: fix FTBFS on architectures where char is unsigned
+ Fix error
+   base64.cxx:30:1: error: narrowing conversion of '-1' from 'int' to 'char' inside { } [-Wnarrowing]
+ by making Base64::sDecTable a signed char.
+Bug-Debian: https://bugs.debian.org/859963
+Forwarded: via email
+Author: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
+Last-Update: 2017-04-10
+
+--- a/mimetic/codec/base64.cxx
++++ b/mimetic/codec/base64.cxx
+@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
+     "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"
+     "0123456789+/=";
+ 
+-const char Base64::sDecTable[] = {
++const signed char Base64::sDecTable[] = {
+         -1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,
+         -1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,
+         -1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,
+--- a/mimetic/codec/base64.h
++++ b/mimetic/codec/base64.h
+@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
+     enum { default_maxlen = 76 };
+     enum { eq_sign = 100 };
+     static const char sEncTable[];
+-    static const char sDecTable[];
++    static const signed char sDecTable[];
+     static const int sDecTableSz;
+ public:
+     class Encoder; class Decoder;