diff --git a/packages/gopher/Makefile.config.in.patch b/packages/gopher/Makefile.config.in.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..af2011b62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/gopher/Makefile.config.in.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+--- a/Makefile.config.in
++++ b/Makefile.config.in
+@@ -292,5 +292,5 @@
+ WAISINCLUDES	= -I@top_srcdir@/wais -I../ui
+ INCLUDES	= -I@top_srcdir@ -I@top_srcdir@/object 
+ 
+-LDFLAGS		= -L../object
++LDFLAGS		+= -L../object
+ SHELL		= /bin/sh
diff --git a/packages/gopher/build.sh b/packages/gopher/build.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..522ed2bcf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/gopher/build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+TERMUX_PKG_HOMEPAGE=gopher://gopher.quux.org/1/devel/gopher
+TERMUX_PKG_DESCRIPTION="University of Minnesota gopher"
+TERMUX_PKG_LICENSE="GPL-2.0"
+TERMUX_PKG_MAINTAINER="@termux"
+TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=3.0.17.3
+TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/g/gopher/gopher_${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz
+TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=584b4ffeaa5221bab94bc4934b644f64df35c955e7720f3cfff648072eb0370b
+TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS="ncurses"
+TERMUX_PKG_BUILD_IN_SRC=true
+
+termux_step_pre_configure() {
+	CFLAGS+=" $CPPFLAGS"
+	LDFLAGS+=" -lncursesw"
+}
diff --git a/packages/gopher/conf.h.patch b/packages/gopher/conf.h.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..906a65a3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/gopher/conf.h.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+--- a/conf.h
++++ b/conf.h
+@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@
+ #endif
+ 
+ #ifndef MAIL_COMMAND
+-#define MAIL_COMMAND "/bin/mail"
++#define MAIL_COMMAND "@TERMUX_PREFIX@/bin/mail"
+ #endif
+ 
+ #ifndef TELNET_COMMAND
+@@ -496,7 +496,7 @@
+ #endif
+ 
+ #ifndef PLAY_COMMAND
+-#define PLAY_COMMAND "/bin/false"
++#define PLAY_COMMAND "@TERMUX_PREFIX@/bin/false"
+ #endif
+ 
+ #ifndef MIME_COMMAND
diff --git a/packages/gopher/gopher-download.c.patch b/packages/gopher/gopher-download.c.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f13635c3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/gopher/gopher-download.c.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+--- a/gopher/download.c
++++ b/gopher/download.c
+@@ -271,8 +271,8 @@
+ 	  return;
+      }
+ #else
+-     if (chdir("/tmp")!=0) {
+-	  CursesErrorMsg(Gtxt("Can't write to the /tmp directory!",70));
++     if (chdir("@TERMUX_PREFIX@/tmp")!=0) {
++	  CursesErrorMsg(Gtxt("Can't write to the @TERMUX_PREFIX@/tmp directory!",70));
+ 	  return;
+      }
+ #endif
diff --git a/packages/gopher/gopher-gopher.c.patch b/packages/gopher/gopher-gopher.c.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..17221b72b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/gopher/gopher-gopher.c.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+--- a/gopher/gopher.c
++++ b/gopher/gopher.c
+@@ -1056,7 +1056,7 @@
+      FILE    *tmpfile;
+      char    inputline[512];
+      char    *view = NULL;
+-     char    mkstemp_template[] = "/tmp/gopher-XXXXXX";
++     char    mkstemp_template[] = "@TERMUX_PREFIX@/tmp/gopher-XXXXXX";
+      int     mkstemp_fd = -1;
+      boolean WritePipe = FALSE,
+              ForkOff   = FALSE;
+@@ -1109,7 +1109,7 @@
+                tmpfilename = strdup(mkstemp_template);
+                tmpfile = fdopen(mkstemp_fd, "w");
+ #else  /* ! HAVE_MKSTEMP */
+-	       tmpfilename = tempnam("/tmp","gopher");
++	       tmpfilename = tempnam("@TERMUX_PREFIX@/tmp","gopher");
+                tmpfile = fopen(tmpfilename, "w");
+ #endif /* HAVE_MKSTEMP */
+ #endif /* VMS */
+@@ -3060,7 +3060,7 @@
+                          
+ {
+      char *tmpfilename;
+-     char mkstemp_template[] = "/tmp/gopher-XXXXXX";
++     char mkstemp_template[] = "@TERMUX_PREFIX@/tmp/gopher-XXXXXX";
+      int  mkstemp_fd = -1;
+      FILE *tmpfile;
+      Blockobj *bl;
+@@ -3092,7 +3092,7 @@
+      Gopenfile = tmpfilename;
+      tmpfile = fdopen(mkstemp_fd, "w");
+ #else /* ! HAVE_MKSTEMP */
+-     Gopenfile = tmpfilename = tempnam("/tmp", "gopher");
++     Gopenfile = tmpfilename = tempnam("@TERMUX_PREFIX@/tmp", "gopher");
+      tmpfile = fopen(tmpfilename, "w");
+ #endif /* HAVE_MKSTEMP */
+ #endif /* VMS */