diff --git a/media-libs/sdl-image/files/#sdl-image-crosspkgconfig.patch# b/media-libs/sdl-image/files/#sdl-image-crosspkgconfig.patch#
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/media-libs/sdl-image/files/#sdl-image-crosspkgconfig.patch#
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+diff -c /mnt/bacup/portagetmp/portage/media-libs/sdl-image-1.2.6-r1/work/SDL_image-1.2.6/configure.in /var/tmp/portage/media-libs/sdl-image-1.2.6-r1/work/SDL_image-1.2.6/configure.in
+--- /mnt/bacup/portagetmp/portage/media-libs/sdl-image-1.2.6-r1/work/SDL_image-1.2.6/configure.in	2007-07-21 01:26:26.000000000 -0400
++++ /var/tmp/portage/media-libs/sdl-image-1.2.6-r1/work/SDL_image-1.2.6/configure.in	2008-09-17 21:10:44.000000000 -0400
+@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@
+ AC_SUBST(BINARY_AGE)
+ AC_SUBST(VERSION)
+ 
++#initialize pkgconfig
++PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG
++
+ # libtool versioning
+ LT_RELEASE=$MAJOR_VERSION.$MINOR_VERSION
+ LT_CURRENT=`expr $MICRO_VERSION - $INTERFACE_AGE`
+@@ -79,11 +82,10 @@
+ AM_CONDITIONAL(USE_VERSION_RC, test x$use_version_rc = xtrue)
+ 
+ dnl Check for SDL
+-SDL_VERSION=1.2.10
+-AM_PATH_SDL($SDL_VERSION,
+-            :,
+-           AC_MSG_ERROR([*** SDL version $SDL_VERSION not found!])
+-)
++dnl Versions newer than 1.2.11 have pkgconfig support. AND, it works better for cross-compiling. Thus, support for 1.2.10 is not in Binki's <ohnobinki@ohnopublishing.net>'s interest
++SDL_VERSION=1.2.11
++
++PKG_CHECK_MODULES([SDL],[sdl >= 1.2.11])
+ CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $SDL_CFLAGS"
+ LIBS="$LIBS $SDL_LIBS"
+ saved_LIBS="$LIBS"
+@@ -283,8 +285,8 @@
+     fi
+ fi
+ 
+-LIBS="$saved_LIBS"
++IMG_LIBS="$saved_LIBS $IMG_LIBS"
+ 
+ AC_SUBST([WINDRES])
+ AC_SUBST([IMG_LIBS])
+ 
+
+@@ -295,4 +295,5 @@
+ Makefile
+ SDL_image.spec
+ SDL_image.qpg
++sdl-image.pc
+ ])
+
+Diff finished.  Sun Sep 17 21:11:06 2008