diff --git a/disabled-packages/zile/build.sh b/disabled-packages/zile/build.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..f253564b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/disabled-packages/zile/build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+TERMUX_PKG_HOMEPAGE=https://www.gnu.org/software/zile/
+TERMUX_PKG_DESCRIPTION="Lightweight clone of the Emacs text editor"
+TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=2.4.11
+TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/zile/zile-${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz
+TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS="libgc, ncurses"
+
+# Host build for man pages generated by help2man, see patch:
+TERMUX_PKG_HOSTBUILD=yes
+TERMUX_PKG_BUILD_IN_SRC=yes
+termux_step_pre_configure () {
+        # Required because patch modifies a Makefile.am.
+        autoreconf
+}
diff --git a/disabled-packages/zile/help2man.patch b/disabled-packages/zile/help2man.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e9d78fa3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/disabled-packages/zile/help2man.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+Use man pages generated by help2man in the host build.
+
+diff -u -r  ../zile-2.4.11/doc/Makefile.am ./doc/Makefile.am
+--- ../zile-2.4.11/doc/Makefile.am	2014-02-24 21:42:16.000000000 +0000
++++ ./doc/Makefile.am	2015-11-14 19:40:13.163834200 +0000
+@@ -27,11 +27,8 @@
+ EXTRA_DIST += doc/man-extras doc/zile.1.in
+ man_MANS = doc/zile.1
+ 
+-doc/zile.1: $(srcdir)/doc/zile.1.in doc/Makefile.am config.status
+-	@test -d doc || mkdir doc
+-	rm -f $@ $@.tmp
+-	$(edit) $(abs_srcdir)/doc/zile.1.in >$@.tmp
+-	mv $@.tmp $@
++doc/zile.1:
++	cp $(top_srcdir)/../host-build/$@ $@
+ 
+ $(srcdir)/doc/zile.1.in: doc/man-extras build-aux/zile-help2man-wrapper configure.ac $(builddir)/src/zile$(EXEEXT)
+ 	@test -d doc || mkdir doc