diff --git a/packages/getmail/build.sh b/packages/getmail/build.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c94e63bab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/getmail/build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+TERMUX_PKG_HOMEPAGE=http://pyropus.ca/software/getmail/
+TERMUX_PKG_DESCRIPTION="fetchmail replacement relatively easy to configure"
+TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=4.49.0
+TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=http://pyropus.ca/software/getmail/old-versions/getmail-${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz
+TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS="python2"
+TERMUX_PKG_BUILD_IN_SRC=yes
+TERMUX_PKG_PLATFORM_INDEPENDENT=yes
+
+termux_step_make_install () {
+        python setup.py install --prefix=$TERMUX_PREFIX --force
+}
+
+termux_step_post_massage () {
+        find . -path '*.pyc' -delete
+}
diff --git a/packages/getmail/utilities.py.patch b/packages/getmail/utilities.py.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f85c77a67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/getmail/utilities.py.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+--- ../getmail/src/getmailcore/utilities.py	2013-09-01 04:11:31.000000000 +1000
++++ ./getmailcore/utilities.py	2016-03-26 17:22:08.173621990 +1100
+@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
+ import getpass
+ import commands
+ import sys
++import shutil
+ 
+ # hashlib only present in python2.5, ssl in python2.6; used together
+ # in SSL functionality below
+@@ -333,7 +334,7 @@
+ 
+     # Move message file from Maildir/tmp to Maildir/new
+     try:
+-        os.link(fname_tmp, fname_new)
++        shutil.copy2(fname_tmp, fname_new)
+         os.unlink(fname_tmp)
+ 
+     except OSError: