diff --git a/packages/net-misc/trickle/files/fix-install.patch b/packages/net-misc/trickle/files/fix-install.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..975347fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/net-misc/trickle/files/fix-install.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+Source: Upstream issue tracker, https://github.com/mariusae/trickle/issues/16
+Reason: fix installation
+Upstream: no
+
+--- trickle-66551ad94ad3d8af83e1e4422804676ac8762f47/Makefile.am	2017-10-25 01:20:13.943420040 +0200
++++ trickle-66551ad94ad3d8af83e1e4422804676ac8762f47/Makefile.am	2017-10-25 01:20:30.810419348 +0200
+@@ -31,10 +31,14 @@
+ AM_CFLAGS = -Wall -Icompat @EVENTINC@
+ 
+ overloaddir = $(libdir)
+-overload_DATA = libtrickle.so
+ 
+-libtrickle.so: trickle-overload.c atomicio.c
+-$(overload_DATA):
++libtrickle.so: trickle-overload.lo atomicio.lo
++	$(LIBTOOL) --mode=link $(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o libtmp$@.la
++		-rpath $(libdir)/trickle trickle-overload.lo atomicio.lo $(LIBS)
++		$(LDFLAGS) -module -avoid-version -nostdlib -ldl
++	@rm -f libtmp$@.la tmp$@.so* $@
++	@cp .libs/libtmp$@.so $@
++	@rm -f .libs/libtmp$@.*
+ 
+ CLEANFILES = *.so
diff --git a/packages/net-misc/trickle/trickle-scm.exheres-0 b/packages/net-misc/trickle/trickle-scm.exheres-0
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4cb61f06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/net-misc/trickle/trickle-scm.exheres-0
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+# Copyright 2018 Julian Ospald <hasufell@posteo.de>
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+require github [ user=mariusae ]
+require autotools [ supported_autoconf=[ 2.5 ] supported_automake=[ 1.15 ] ]
+
+SUMMARY="Trickle is a userland bandwidth shaper for Unix-like systems"
+DESCRIPTION="
+Trickle is a voluntary, cooperative bandwidth shaper. trickle works entirely in userland and is cross platform compatible.
+https://www.usenix.org/legacy/event/usenix05/tech/freenix/full_papers/eriksen/eriksen.pdf
+"
+
+LICENCES="BSD-3"
+SLOT="0"
+PLATFORMS="~amd64 ~x86"
+MYOPTIONS=""
+
+DEPENDENCIES="
+    build+run:
+        dev-libs/libevent
+"
+
+BUGS_TO="hasufell@posteo.de"
+
+DEFAULT_SRC_COMPILE_PARAMS=( -j1 )
+
+DEFAULT_SRC_PREPARE_PATCHES=(
+    "${FILES}"/fix-install.patch
+)
+