diff --git a/lang/ruby18-base/distinfo b/lang/ruby18-base/distinfo
index 77053b6a1..c4a0d8355 100644
--- a/lang/ruby18-base/distinfo
+++ b/lang/ruby18-base/distinfo
@@ -54,3 +54,7 @@ SHA1 (patch-lex.c) = 3bdbd6ccaebe3999fedfc16309657ae5da26fd2a
 SHA1 (patch-lib_rdoc_options.rb) = 0f14417733ad6fc6fbc93af1c8463ecd59abce7c
 SHA1 (patch-lib_rdoc_rdoc.rb) = bef895245cc06ca84fd1e5d506c3c65932921b3a
 SHA1 (patch-lib_rexml_entity.rb) = 5038826abfa6a56406fe369dfc74c9fe096665f6
+SHA1 (patch-zz-minix-a) = 60dbf6854e473ded578ef63386c010ec73a771c3
+SHA1 (patch-zz-minix-b) = 3a2fa48b30ee5b0bd09867820cc4c8adad5f3ba1
+SHA1 (patch-zz-minix-c) = d81dfd4586e4c314d913e54204d74a50af40222a
+SHA1 (patch-zz-minix-d) = d6ab3d093f2f172efff4aa1a15fca92ed710a5bd
diff --git a/lang/ruby18-base/patches/patch-zz-minix-a b/lang/ruby18-base/patches/patch-zz-minix-a
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b7d9b4e82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lang/ruby18-base/patches/patch-zz-minix-a
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+--- configure.orig	Tue Nov 29 16:02:10 2016
++++ configure	Tue Nov 29 16:03:18 2016
+@@ -10415,7 +10415,7 @@
+ 			*shlicc*)	: ${LDSHARED="$CC -r"}
+ 					rb_cv_dlopen=yes ;;
+ 			esac ;;
+-	linux* | gnu* | k*bsd*-gnu | netbsd* | bsdi*)
++	linux* | gnu* | k*bsd*-gnu | minix* | netbsd* | bsdi*)
+ 			: ${LDSHARED='${CC} -shared'}
+ 			if test "$rb_cv_binary_elf" = yes; then
+ 			    LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -Wl,-export-dynamic"
+@@ -10910,7 +10910,7 @@
+ 	    LIBRUBY_ALIASES=''
+ 	fi
+ 	;;
+-    netbsd*)
++    minix* | netbsd*)
+ 	SOLIBS='$(LIBS)'
+ 	LIBRUBY_SO='lib$(RUBY_SO_NAME).so.$(MAJOR)$(MINOR).$(TEENY)'
+ 	LIBRUBY_DLDFLAGS='-Wl,-soname,lib$(RUBY_SO_NAME).so.$(MAJOR)$(MINOR)'
+@@ -10996,7 +10996,7 @@
+     linux*)
+ 	XCFLAGS="$XCFLAGS -D_GNU_SOURCE=1"
+ 	;;
+-    netbsd*)
++    minix* | netbsd*)
+     	CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -pipe"
+ 	;;
+     nextstep*|openstep*)
diff --git a/lang/ruby18-base/patches/patch-zz-minix-b b/lang/ruby18-base/patches/patch-zz-minix-b
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..04a2b7b19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lang/ruby18-base/patches/patch-zz-minix-b
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+--- ext/curses/curses.c.orig	Tue Nov 29 16:04:38 2016
++++ ext/curses/curses.c	Tue Nov 29 16:06:16 2016
+@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
+ # include <curses_colr/curses.h>
+ #else
+ # include <curses.h>
+-# if defined(__bsdi__) || defined(__NetBSD__) || defined(__APPLE__)
++# if defined(__bsdi__) || defined(__minix) || defined(__NetBSD__) || defined(__APPLE__)
+ #  if !defined(_maxx)
+ #  define _maxx maxx
+ #  endif
+@@ -1424,7 +1424,7 @@
+ 
+   GetWINDOW(obj,winp);
+   /* keypad() of NetBSD's libcurses returns no value */
+-#if defined(__NetBSD__) && !defined(NCURSES_VERSION)
++#if (defined(__minix) || defined(__NetBSD__)) && !defined(NCURSES_VERSION)
+   keypad(winp->window,(RTEST(val) ? TRUE : FALSE));
+   return Qnil;
+ #else
+@@ -1445,7 +1445,7 @@
+   GetWINDOW(obj,winp);
+ 
+   /* nodelay() of NetBSD's libcurses returns no value */
+-#if defined(__NetBSD__) && !defined(NCURSES_VERSION)
++#if (defined(__minix) || defined(__NetBSD__)) && !defined(NCURSES_VERSION)
+   nodelay(winp->window, RTEST(val) ? TRUE : FALSE);
+   return Qnil;
+ #else
diff --git a/lang/ruby18-base/patches/patch-zz-minix-c b/lang/ruby18-base/patches/patch-zz-minix-c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..461528f54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lang/ruby18-base/patches/patch-zz-minix-c
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+--- io.c.orig	Tue Nov 29 16:08:20 2016
++++ io.c	Tue Nov 29 16:09:40 2016
+@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
+ #endif
+ 
+ #ifndef BSD_STDIO
+-# if defined(__MACH__) || defined(__DARWIN__) || defined(__FreeBSD__) || defined(__NetBSD__) || defined(__OpenBSD__) || defined(__bsdi__)
++# if defined(__MACH__) || defined(__DARWIN__) || defined(__FreeBSD__) || defined(__minix) || defined(__NetBSD__) || defined(__OpenBSD__) || defined(__bsdi__)
+ #   define BSD_STDIO 1
+ # else
+ #   define BSD_STDIO 0
+@@ -1308,7 +1308,7 @@
+         }
+         if (fptr->f) { /* update pos in FILE structure [ruby-core:21561] */
+             fflush(fptr->f);
+-#if defined(__SOFF) && defined(__NetBSD__)
++#if defined(__SOFF) && (defined(__minix) || defined(__NetBSD__))
+ 	    fptr->f->_flags &= ~__SOFF;
+ 	    (void)io_tell(fptr);
+ #endif
diff --git a/lang/ruby18-base/patches/patch-zz-minix-d b/lang/ruby18-base/patches/patch-zz-minix-d
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3e7c394f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lang/ruby18-base/patches/patch-zz-minix-d
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+--- process.c.orig	Tue Nov 29 16:11:43 2016
++++ process.c	Tue Nov 29 16:13:03 2016
+@@ -86,12 +86,12 @@
+ #define __MacOS_X__ 1
+ #endif
+ 
+-#if defined(__FreeBSD__) || defined(__NetBSD__) || defined(__OpenBSD__) || defined(__bsdi__)
++#if defined(__FreeBSD__) || defined(__minix) || defined(__NetBSD__) || defined(__OpenBSD__) || defined(__bsdi__)
+ #define HAVE_44BSD_SETUID 1
+ #define HAVE_44BSD_SETGID 1
+ #endif
+ 
+-#ifdef __NetBSD__
++#if defined(__minix) || defined(__NetBSD__)
+ #undef HAVE_SETRUID
+ #undef HAVE_SETRGID
+ #endif