diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/app-i18n/zinnia/files/zinnia-0.06-perl.patch b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/app-i18n/zinnia/files/zinnia-0.06-perl.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3688a91ad9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/app-i18n/zinnia/files/zinnia-0.06-perl.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+Index: zinnia-0.06/perl/Makefile.PL
+===================================================================
+--- zinnia-0.06.orig/perl/Makefile.PL
++++ zinnia-0.06/perl/Makefile.PL
+@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ WriteMakefile(
+     'CC'                => 'c++',
+     'LD'                => 'c++',
+     'INC'               => '',
+-    'LIBS'              => '-lzinnia',
++    'LIBS'              => '-L../.libs -lzinnia',
+ #    'VERSION'	        => '0.1',
+     'OBJECT'            => 'zinnia_wrap.o' 
+ );
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/app-i18n/zinnia/files/zinnia-0.06-ricedown.patch b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/app-i18n/zinnia/files/zinnia-0.06-ricedown.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..397d0b0688
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/app-i18n/zinnia/files/zinnia-0.06-ricedown.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+Index: zinnia-0.06/configure.in
+===================================================================
+--- zinnia-0.06.orig/configure.in
++++ zinnia-0.06/configure.in
+@@ -59,15 +59,6 @@ AC_ARG_WITH(pkgconfigdir,
+ AC_SUBST([pkgconfigdir])
+ AC_MSG_NOTICE([pkgconfig directory is ${pkgconfigdir}])
+ 
+-dnl
+-dnl check gcc
+-dnl
+-if test -n "$GCC"; then
+-   CFLAGS="-O3 -Wall"
+-   CXXFLAGS="-O3 -Wall"
+-   AC_MSG_RESULT($ac_cv_x86_sse)
+-fi
+-
+ AC_DEFUN(ADD_CC_FLAG, [
+   AC_MSG_CHECKING(whether ${CC-cc} accepts $1)
+   AC_LANG_SAVE
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/app-i18n/zinnia/zinnia-0.06-r1.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/app-i18n/zinnia/zinnia-0.06-r1.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..930fce39e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/app-i18n/zinnia/zinnia-0.06-r1.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2011 Gentoo Foundation
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+# $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/app-i18n/zinnia/zinnia-0.06-r1.ebuild,v 1.2 2011/04/07 23:02:45 flameeyes Exp $
+
+EAPI="3"
+
+inherit perl-module flag-o-matic toolchain-funcs autotools
+
+DESCRIPTION="Online hand recognition system with machine learning"
+HOMEPAGE="http://zinnia.sourceforge.net/"
+SRC_URI="mirror://sourceforge/zinnia/${P}.tar.gz"
+
+LICENSE="BSD"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
+#IUSE="perl python ruby"
+IUSE="perl"
+
+src_prepare() {
+	epatch "${FILESDIR}/${P}-ricedown.patch"
+	epatch "${FILESDIR}/${P}-perl.patch"
+	eautoreconf
+
+	if use perl ; then
+		(
+			cd "${S}/perl"
+			perl-module_src_prepare
+		)
+	fi
+}
+
+src_configure() {
+	econf
+}
+
+src_compile() {
+	base_src_compile
+
+	if use perl ; then
+		(
+			cd "${S}/perl"
+
+			# We need to run this here as otherwise it won't pick up the
+			# just-built -lzinnia and cause the extension to have
+			# undefined symbols.
+			perl-module_src_configure
+
+			append-cppflags "-I${S}"
+			append-ldflags "-L${S}/.libs"
+
+			emake \
+				LDDLFLAGS="-shared" \
+				OTHERLDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS}" \
+				CC="$(tc-getCXX)" LD="$(tc-getCXX)" \
+				OPTIMIZE="${CPPFLAGS} ${CXXFLAGS}" \
+				|| die
+		)
+	fi
+}
+
+# no tests present
+src_test() { :; }
+
+src_install() {
+	emake DESTDIR="${D}" install || die
+	find "${D}" -name '*.la' -delete
+
+	if use perl ; then
+		(
+			cd "${S}/perl"
+			perl-module_src_install
+		)
+	fi
+
+	dodoc AUTHORS ChangeLog NEWS README || die
+	dohtml doc/*.html doc/*.css || die
+}