diff --git a/srcpkgs/recoll/patches/musl-pxattr.patch b/srcpkgs/recoll/patches/musl-pxattr.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..22cee333130
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/recoll/patches/musl-pxattr.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- utils/pxattr.cpp	2017-07-03 14:14:46.000000000 +0200
++++ utils/pxattr.cpp	2017-12-17 14:34:29.955674837 +0100
+@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
+ // just let the methods return errors (like they would on a non-xattr
+ // fs on e.g. linux)
+ 
+-#if defined(__DragonFly__) || defined(__OpenBSD__)
++#if defined(__DragonFly__) || defined(__OpenBSD__) || !defined(__GLIBC__)
+ #define HAS_NO_XATTR
+ #endif
+ 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/recoll/patches/qt-cross.patch b/srcpkgs/recoll/patches/qt-cross.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7822cf95833
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/recoll/patches/qt-cross.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+--- qtgui/recoll.pro.in	2017-07-01 08:16:34.000000000 +0200
++++ qtgui/recoll.pro.in	2017-12-17 14:56:27.433648300 +0100
+@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
+ TEMPLATE        = app
+ LANGUAGE        = C++
+ 
++QMAKE_CC        = @CC@
++QMAKE_CXX       = @CXX@
++QMAKE_LINK      = @CXX@
++QMAKE_CFLAGS    = @CFLAGS@
++QMAKE_CXXFLAGS  = @CXXFLAGS@
++QMAKE_LFLAGS    = @LDFLAGS@
++
+ VPATH = @srcdir@
+ DEFINES += BUILDING_RECOLL
+ 
+@@ -160,7 +167,7 @@
+ 
+ unix {
+   isEmpty(PREFIX) {
+-    PREFIX = /usr/local
++    PREFIX = /usr
+   }
+   message("Prefix is $$PREFIX")
+   DEFINES += PREFIX=\\\"$$PREFIX\\\"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/recoll/template b/srcpkgs/recoll/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..da7a2c044e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/recoll/template
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+# Template file for 'recoll'
+pkgname=recoll
+version=1.23.3
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-configure
+configure_args="--disable-python-module --enable-recollq --disable-x11mon"
+hostmakedepends="automake libtool gettext-devel qt5-qmake"
+makedepends="xapian-core-devel zlib-devel libuuid-devel qt5-webkit-devel qt5-devel"
+short_desc="Full text search tool based on Xapian backend"
+maintainer="Rui Abreu Ferreira <raf-ep@gmx.com>"
+license="GPL-2"
+homepage="http://www.lesbonscomptes.com/recoll/"
+distfiles="https://www.lesbonscomptes.com/$pkgname/$pkgname-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=15125871424ef32ac584eb1c3e4fdd4ac7ff32894db60a3ebff32fa7a45d2eb6
+
+if [ -n "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
+	hostmakedepends+=" qt5-host-tools qt5-devel qt5-webkit-devel"
+	configure_args+=" CC=$CC CXX=$CXX LD=$CXX"
+fi
+
+pre_configure() {
+	autoreconf -fi
+	if [ -n "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
+		cat > ${wrksrc}/qtgui/qmake.conf <<EOF
+QMAKE_CC       = $CC
+QMAKE_CXX      = $CXX
+QMAKE_LINK     = $CXX
+QMAKE_CFLAGS   = $CFLAGS
+QMAKE_CXXFLAGS = $CXXFLAGS
+QMAKE_LFLAGS   = $LDFLAGS
+QMAKE_AR       = $AR
+EOF
+		cat ${wrksrc}/qtgui/qmake.conf
+	fi
+}