diff --git a/lmbench.patches/lmbench-50.description b/lmbench.patches/lmbench-50.description
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fc9d8e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lmbench.patches/lmbench-50.description
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+This patch generates lmbench's version number from a preexisting version 
+script rather than trying to generate it from BitKeeper, which isn't 
+available when building lmbench from an archive distribution.
diff --git a/lmbench.patches/lmbench-50.patch b/lmbench.patches/lmbench-50.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fa26775
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lmbench.patches/lmbench-50.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+diff -aruN a/src/Makefile b/src/Makefile
+--- a/src/Makefile	2005-08-22 17:19:54.000000000 -0700
++++ b/src/Makefile	2010-11-11 10:29:01.965965108 -0800
+@@ -170,6 +170,11 @@
+ 	-echo `bk prs -hr+ -d'$$if(:SYMBOL:){:SYMBOL: }:UTC:' ../ChangeSet;` > bk.ver
+ 	touch bk.ver
+ 
++version.out: ../scripts/version
++	rm -f $@
++	-$< > $@
++	touch $@
++
+ dist: bk.ver
+ 	@if [ "X`cd ..; bk sfiles -c`" != "X" ]; then \
+ 		echo "modified files!"; \
+@@ -228,9 +233,9 @@
+ 	install install-target dist get edit get-e clean clobber \
+ 	share depend testmake
+ 
+-$O/lmbench : ../scripts/lmbench bk.ver
++$O/lmbench : ../scripts/lmbench version.out
+ 	rm -f $O/lmbench
+-	sed -e "s/<version>/`cat bk.ver`/g" < ../scripts/lmbench > $O/lmbench
++	sed -e "s/<version>/`cat version.out`/g" < ../scripts/lmbench > $O/lmbench
+ 	chmod +x $O/lmbench
+ 
+ $O/lmbench.a: $(LIBOBJS)
diff --git a/lmbench.patches/lmbench-51.description b/lmbench.patches/lmbench-51.description
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2e72345
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lmbench.patches/lmbench-51.description
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+This patch ensures that headers and man pages are installed with user 
+and group writable permissions. This ensures that subsequent build passes 
+don't fail when trying to overwrite what were previously read-only 
+files.
diff --git a/lmbench.patches/lmbench-51.patch b/lmbench.patches/lmbench-51.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..77e90f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lmbench.patches/lmbench-51.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+diff -aruN a/doc/Makefile b/doc/Makefile
+--- a/doc/Makefile	2005-08-22 17:19:54.000000000 -0700
++++ b/doc/Makefile	2010-11-11 10:51:09.130032921 -0800
+@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
+ 			fi; \
+ 			base=`basename $${f} .$${s}`; \
+ 			if [ "$${base}.$${s}" = "$$f" ]; then \
+-				cp $$f ${MANDIR}/man$${s}/; \
++				install -m 664 $$f ${MANDIR}/man$${s}/; \
+ 			fi; \
+ 		done; \
+ 	done
+diff -aruN a/src/Makefile b/src/Makefile
+--- a/src/Makefile	2010-11-11 10:29:01.965965108 -0800
++++ b/src/Makefile	2010-11-11 10:49:21.618659334 -0800
+@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@
+ 	if [ ! -d $(BASE)/include ]; then mkdir $(BASE)/include; fi
+ 	if [ ! -d $(BASE)/lib ]; then mkdir $(BASE)/lib; fi
+ 	cp $(EXES) $(BASE)/bin
+-	cp $(INCS) $(BASE)/include
++	install -m 644 $(INCS) $(BASE)/include
+ 	cp $O/lmbench.a $(BASE)/lib/libmbench.a
+ 	cd ../doc; env MAKEFLAGS="$(MAKEFLAGS)" make CC="${CC}" OS="${OS}" BASE="$(BASE)" install
+ 
diff --git a/lmbench.patches/lmbench-52.description b/lmbench.patches/lmbench-52.description
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4009318
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lmbench.patches/lmbench-52.description
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+This patch ensures that the lmbench script is installed when the make 
+install target is run.
diff --git a/lmbench.patches/lmbench-52.patch b/lmbench.patches/lmbench-52.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..29a6de1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lmbench.patches/lmbench-52.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+diff -aruN a/src/Makefile b/src/Makefile
+--- a/src/Makefile	2010-11-11 11:56:48.065133553 -0800
++++ b/src/Makefile	2010-11-11 11:52:27.829228416 -0800
+@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@
+ 	if [ ! -d $(BASE)/include ]; then mkdir $(BASE)/include; fi
+ 	if [ ! -d $(BASE)/lib ]; then mkdir $(BASE)/lib; fi
+ 	cp $(EXES) $(BASE)/bin
++	cp $O/lmbench $(BASE)/bin
+ 	install -m 644 $(INCS) $(BASE)/include
+ 	cp $O/lmbench.a $(BASE)/lib/libmbench.a
+ 	cd ../doc; env MAKEFLAGS="$(MAKEFLAGS)" make CC="${CC}" OS="${OS}" BASE="$(BASE)" install
diff --git a/lmbench.tar.gz b/lmbench.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3acd63e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lmbench.tar.gz
Binary files differ
diff --git a/lmbench.url b/lmbench.url
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fcfac8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lmbench.url
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+http://www.bitmover.com/lmbench/lmbench3.tar.gz
diff --git a/lmbench.version b/lmbench.version
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..00750ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lmbench.version
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+3