diff --git a/packages/tilde/build.sh b/packages/tilde/build.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..310751e90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/tilde/build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+TERMUX_PKG_HOMEPAGE=https://os.ghalkes.nl/tilde/
+TERMUX_PKG_DESCRIPTION="A text editor for the console/terminal"
+TERMUX_PKG_LICENSE="GPL-3.0"
+TERMUX_PKG_MAINTAINER="@termux"
+TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=1.1.3
+TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=https://os.ghalkes.nl/dist/tilde-${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}.tar.bz2
+TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=6b86ffaa5c632c9055f74fca713c5bf8420ee60718850dc16a95abe49fa2641a
+TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS="libc++, libt3config, libt3highlight, libt3widget, libtranscript, libunistring"
+TERMUX_PKG_BUILD_IN_SRC=true
+TERMUX_PKG_EXTRA_CONFIGURE_ARGS="--without-gettext"
+
+termux_step_post_get_source() {
+	sed -i 's/ -s / /g' Makefile.in
+	rm -f src/tilde
+	find src -type f | xargs -n 1 sed -i 's:tilde/::g'
+}
+
+termux_step_pre_configure() {
+	local libtooldir=$TERMUX_PKG_TMPDIR/_libtool
+	mkdir -p $libtooldir
+	pushd $libtooldir
+	cat > configure.ac <<-EOF
+		AC_INIT
+		LT_INIT
+		AC_PROG_CXX
+		AC_OUTPUT
+	EOF
+	touch install-sh
+	cp "$TERMUX_SCRIPTDIR/scripts/config.sub" ./
+	cp "$TERMUX_SCRIPTDIR/scripts/config.guess" ./
+	autoreconf -fi
+	./configure --host=$TERMUX_HOST_PLATFORM
+	popd
+	export LIBTOOL=$libtooldir/libtool
+
+	CXXFLAGS+=" $CPPFLAGS"
+}
diff --git a/packages/tilde/src-main.cc.patch b/packages/tilde/src-main.cc.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f4d2c9889
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/tilde/src-main.cc.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- a/src/main.cc
++++ b/src/main.cc
+@@ -678,7 +678,7 @@
+ }
+ 
+ static std::string get_run_file_name() {
+-  static const char *TMP_DIR_BASE = "/tmp/tilde-";
++  static const char *TMP_DIR_BASE = "@TERMUX_PREFIX@/tmp/tilde-";
+   char hostname[128];
+   std::string linkname;
+   std::unique_ptr<char, free_deleter> path;