diff --git a/srcpkgs/maelstrom/patches/00-justlibdir.patch b/srcpkgs/maelstrom/patches/00-justlibdir.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..c56ac83665428a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/maelstrom/patches/00-justlibdir.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+diff --git a/load.h b/load.h
+index 1eaf3a4..ff947c0 100644
+--- a/load.h
++++ b/load.h
+@@ -94,12 +94,13 @@ public:
+ 		directory = SDL_getenv("MAELSTROM_LIB");
+ 		if ( directory == NULL ) {
+ 			directory = LIBDIR;
+-#ifndef macintosh
+-			if ( access(directory, F_OK) < 0 ) {
+-				directory = exepath;
+-			}
+-#endif
+ 		}
++		/*#ifndef macintosh
++		if ( access(directory, F_OK) < 0 ) {
++		        directory = exepath;
++		}
++		#endif */
++		
+ 
+ 		if ( path != NULL )
+ 			delete[] path;
diff --git a/srcpkgs/maelstrom/patches/01-removegamepath.patch b/srcpkgs/maelstrom/patches/01-removegamepath.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..4b19615c097642
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/maelstrom/patches/01-removegamepath.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
+index b7f4f84..130f54a 100644
+--- a/configure.in
++++ b/configure.in
+@@ -102,10 +102,10 @@ case "$target" in
+         ;;
+     *-*-beos*)
+         ac_default_prefix=/boot/beos
+-        GAME_INSTALLDIR="\$(prefix)/games/$PACKAGE"
++        GAME_INSTALLDIR="\$(prefix)/$PACKAGE"
+         ;;
+     *)
+-        GAME_INSTALLDIR="\$(prefix)/games/$PACKAGE"
++        GAME_INSTALLDIR="\$(prefix)/$PACKAGE"
+         ;;
+ esac
+ AC_SUBST(GAME_INSTALLDIR)
diff --git a/srcpkgs/maelstrom/template b/srcpkgs/maelstrom/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..48e1cc636d9a24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/maelstrom/template
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+# Template file for 'maelstrom'
+pkgname=maelstrom
+version=3.0.7
+revision=2
+build_style=gnu-configure
+configure_args="--prefix=/usr/share"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config automake autoconf libtool"
+makedepends="SDL2-devel SDL2_net-devel"
+short_desc="You pilot your ship through the dreaded \"Maelstrom\" asteroid belt"
+maintainer="orahcio <orahcio@gmail.com>"
+license="GPL-2.0-only, CC-BY-3.0"
+homepage="https://www.libsdl.org/projects/Maelstrom/index.html"
+_commit="767d95c"
+distfiles="https://github.com/libsdl-org/Maelstrom/archive/${_commit}.tar.gz"
+checksum=8e8406d4436f43d98d58ce8e16f184c1de64ecee077113c4dcd98183f2659a5d
+
+pre_configure() {
+	touch AUTHORS ChangeLog NEWS README
+	autoreconf -fi
+}
+
+do_install() {
+	# licence and binary
+	vlicense COPYING.txt
+	vbin Maelstrom maelstrom
+	# docfiles
+	vmkdir usr/share/doc/Maelstrom
+	cp Docs/*.txt ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/doc/Maelstrom/
+	# resources
+	vmkdir usr/share/Maelstrom
+	cp -r Images ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/Maelstrom/
+	cp -r Maelstrom_Fonts ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/Maelstrom/
+	cp -r Maelstrom_Sounds ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/Maelstrom/
+	cp -r Maelstrom_Sprites ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/Maelstrom/
+	vcopy README*.txt usr/share/Maelstrom
+	vcopy icon.* usr/share/Maelstrom
+}