diff --git a/packages/bitlbee/bitlbee.conf.patch b/packages/bitlbee/bitlbee.conf.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2f8ba5539
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/bitlbee/bitlbee.conf.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+--- a/bitlbee.conf
++++ b/bitlbee.conf
+@@ -108,14 +108,14 @@
+ ## Specify an alternative MOTD (Message Of The Day) file. Default value depends
+ ## on the --etcdir argument to configure.
+ ##
+-# MotdFile = /etc/bitlbee/motd.txt
++# MotdFile = @TERMUX_PREFIX@/etc/bitlbee/motd.txt
+ 
+ ## ConfigDir
+ ##
+ ## Specify an alternative directory to store all the per-user configuration
+ ## files. (.nicks/.accounts)
+ ##
+-# ConfigDir = /var/lib/bitlbee
++# ConfigDir = @TERMUX_PREFIX@/var/lib/bitlbee
+ 
+ ## Ping settings
+ ##
+@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@
+ ## The location of this file may be different on other distros/OSes. For
+ ## example, try /etc/ssl/ca-bundle.pem on OpenSUSE.
+ ##
+-# CAfile = /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt
++# CAfile = @TERMUX_PREFIX@/etc/tls/cert.pem
+ 
+ [defaults]
+ 
diff --git a/packages/bitlbee/build.sh b/packages/bitlbee/build.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..444494ca7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/bitlbee/build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+TERMUX_PKG_HOMEPAGE=https://www.bitlbee.org/
+TERMUX_PKG_DESCRIPTION="An IRC to other chat networks gateway"
+TERMUX_PKG_LICENSE="GPL-2.0"
+TERMUX_PKG_MAINTAINER="@termux"
+TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=3.6-1
+TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=https://github.com/bitlbee/bitlbee/archive/refs/tags/${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz
+TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=81c6357fe08a8941221472e3790e2b351e3a8a41f9af0cf35395fdadbc8ac6cb
+TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS="ca-certificates, glib, libgcrypt, libgnutls"
+
+termux_step_pre_configure() {
+	LDFLAGS+=" -lgcrypt"
+}
+
+termux_step_configure_autotools() {
+	sh "$TERMUX_PKG_SRCDIR/configure" \
+		--prefix=$TERMUX_PREFIX \
+		$TERMUX_PKG_EXTRA_CONFIGURE_ARGS
+}
+
+termux_step_post_make_install() {
+	make install-etc install-dev
+}
+
+termux_step_create_debscripts() {
+	cat <<- EOF > ./postinst
+	#!$TERMUX_PREFIX/bin/sh
+	mkdir -p $TERMUX_PREFIX/var/lib/bitlbee
+	EOF
+}
diff --git a/packages/bitlbee/configure.patch b/packages/bitlbee/configure.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..198c4b67a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/bitlbee/configure.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+--- a/configure
++++ b/configure
+@@ -7,22 +7,22 @@
+ ##  Copyright 2002 Lucumo   ##
+ ##############################
+ 
+-prefix='/usr/local/'
++prefix='@TERMUX_PREFIX@/'
+ bindir='$prefix/bin/'
+-sbindir='$prefix/sbin/'
++sbindir='$prefix/bin/'
+ etcdir='$prefix/etc/bitlbee/'
+ mandir='$prefix/share/man/'
+ datadir='$prefix/share/bitlbee/'
+-config='/var/lib/bitlbee/'
++config='$prefix/var/lib/bitlbee/'
+ libdir='$prefix/lib/'
+ plugindir='$prefix/lib/bitlbee/'
+ includedir='$prefix/include/bitlbee/'
+ systemdsystemunitdir=''
+-libevent='/usr/'
+-pidfile='/var/run/bitlbee.pid'
++libevent='$prefix/'
++pidfile='$prefix/var/run/bitlbee.pid'
+ ipcsocket=''
+ pcdir='$prefix/lib/pkgconfig'
+-systemlibdirs="/lib64 /usr/lib64 /usr/local/lib64 /lib /usr/lib /usr/local/lib"
++systemlibdirs="@TERMUX_PREFIX@/lib"
+ sysroot=''
+ 
+ configure_args="$@"
diff --git a/packages/bitlbee/ipc.c.patch b/packages/bitlbee/ipc.c.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b9d6fb7a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/bitlbee/ipc.c.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- a/ipc.c
++++ b/ipc.c
+@@ -824,7 +824,7 @@
+ 
+ char *ipc_master_save_state()
+ {
+-	char *fn = g_strdup("/tmp/bee-restart.XXXXXX");
++	char *fn = g_strdup("@TERMUX_PREFIX@/tmp/bee-restart.XXXXXX");
+ 	int fd = mkstemp(fn);
+ 	GSList *l;
+ 	FILE *fp;
diff --git a/packages/bitlbee/otr.c.patch b/packages/bitlbee/otr.c.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..780d36aa5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/bitlbee/otr.c.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- a/otr.c
++++ b/otr.c
+@@ -2021,7 +2021,7 @@
+ 		myfgets(accountname, 512, input);
+ 		myfgets(protocol, 512, input);
+ 
+-		strncpy(filename, "/tmp/bitlbee-XXXXXX", 128);
++		strncpy(filename, "@TERMUX_PREFIX@/tmp/bitlbee-XXXXXX", 128);
+ 		tempfd = mkstemp(filename);
+ 		close(tempfd);
+ 
diff --git a/packages/bitlbee/protocols-purple-ft-direct.c.patch b/packages/bitlbee/protocols-purple-ft-direct.c.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bdf32dd88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/bitlbee/protocols-purple-ft-direct.c.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- a/protocols/purple/ft-direct.c
++++ b/protocols/purple/ft-direct.c
+@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
+ {
+ 	if (purple_xfer_get_type(xfer) == PURPLE_XFER_RECEIVE) {
+ 		/* This should suppress the stupid file dialog. */
+-		purple_xfer_set_local_filename(xfer, "/tmp/wtf123");
++		purple_xfer_set_local_filename(xfer, "@TERMUX_PREFIX@/tmp/wtf123");
+ 
+ 		/* Sadly the xfer struct is still empty ATM so come back after
+ 		   the caller is done. */
diff --git a/packages/bitlbee/protocols-purple-ft.c.patch b/packages/bitlbee/protocols-purple-ft.c.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b99ebd6d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/bitlbee/protocols-purple-ft.c.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+--- a/protocols/purple/ft.c
++++ b/protocols/purple/ft.c
+@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
+ 
+ 		xfer->ui_data = px;
+ 		px->xfer = xfer;
+-		px->fn = mktemp(g_strdup("/tmp/bitlbee-purple-ft.XXXXXX"));
++		px->fn = mktemp(g_strdup("@TERMUX_PREFIX@/tmp/bitlbee-purple-ft.XXXXXX"));
+ 		px->fd = -1;
+ 		px->ic = purple_ic_by_pa(xfer->account);
+ 
+@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@
+ 	px->ft = ft;
+ 	px->ft->free = prpl_xfer_free;
+ 
+-	dir = g_strdup("/tmp/bitlbee-purple-ft.XXXXXX");
++	dir = g_strdup("@TERMUX_PREFIX@/tmp/bitlbee-purple-ft.XXXXXX");
+ 	if (!mkdtemp(dir)) {
+ 		imcb_error(ic, "Could not create temporary file for file transfer");
+ 		g_free(px);
diff --git a/packages/bitlbee/utils-bitlbeed.c.patch b/packages/bitlbee/utils-bitlbeed.c.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3660da272
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/bitlbee/utils-bitlbeed.c.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+--- a/utils/bitlbeed.c
++++ b/utils/bitlbeed.c
+@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@
+ 			       "  -l  Specify a logfile. (Default: none)\n"
+ 			       "  -r  Rate limiting: Ignore a host for z seconds when it connects for more\n"
+ 			       "      than y times in x seconds. (Default: 600,5,900. Disable: 0,0,0)\n"
+-			       "  -u  Use a local socket, by default /tmp/bitlbee (override with -i <filename>)\n"
++			       "  -u  Use a local socket, by default @TERMUX_PREFIX@/tmp/bitlbee (override with -i <filename>)\n"
+ 			       "  -d  Don't fork for listening (for debugging purposes)\n"
+ 			       "  -h  This information\n", argv[0]);
+ 			return(NULL);
+@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@
+ 	}
+ 
+ 	if (set->interface == NULL) {
+-		set->interface = (set->local) ? "/tmp/bitlbee" : "0.0.0.0";
++		set->interface = (set->local) ? "@TERMUX_PREFIX@/tmp/bitlbee" : "0.0.0.0";
+ 	}
+ 
+ 	if (optind == argc) {