diff --git a/print/splix/Makefile b/print/splix/Makefile
index 7cf0e912247..310556a79b3 100644
--- a/print/splix/Makefile
+++ b/print/splix/Makefile
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
-# $OpenBSD: Makefile,v 1.12 2013/03/11 11:37:54 espie Exp $
+# $OpenBSD: Makefile,v 1.13 2013/04/07 08:47:33 ajacoutot Exp $
 
 COMMENT=	CUPS drivers for SPL printers
 
 DISTNAME=	splix-2.0.0
-REVISION =	7
-CATEGORIES=	print
-
 EXTRACT_SUFX=	.tar.bz2
+REVISION =	8
+
+CATEGORIES=	print
 
 HOMEPAGE=	http://splix.ap2c.org/
 
@@ -15,8 +15,7 @@ MAINTAINER=	Antoine Jacoutot <ajacoutot@openbsd.org>
 # GPLv2
 PERMIT_PACKAGE_CDROM=	Yes
 
-WANTLIB += asn1 c crypto cups cupsimage gssapi jbig krb5 m pthread
-WANTLIB += ssl stdc++ z
+WANTLIB += c cups cupsimage jbig m pthread stdc++
 
 MASTER_SITES=	${MASTER_SITE_SOURCEFORGE:=splix/}
 
diff --git a/print/splix/patches/patch-src_pstoqpdl_cpp b/print/splix/patches/patch-src_pstoqpdl_cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9467be2fb71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/print/splix/patches/patch-src_pstoqpdl_cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+$OpenBSD: patch-src_pstoqpdl_cpp,v 1.1 2013/04/07 08:47:33 ajacoutot Exp $
+--- src/pstoqpdl.cpp.orig	Fri Feb  6 12:49:10 2009
++++ src/pstoqpdl.cpp	Sun Apr  7 10:43:23 2013
+@@ -232,30 +232,86 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
+             fprintf(stdout, "%s", (char *)&buffer); 
+         }
+     } else {
+-        // Check for the header
++
++        // Insert the MediaChoice and colour correction information into
++        // the postscript header.
++        //
++        // Look for a "%%Creator" line in the postscript header, and
++        // insert the information before it.
++        //
++        // Postscript that is created by pdftops from content from Apple 
++        // iOS devices (iPad etc) seems not to have a "%%Creator" line in
++        // the header, so we insert a dummy one. Without this, pstoqpdl
++        // seems to crash ghostscript.
++        //
++        // NB: according to the PostScript Document Structuring Conventions
++        // (DSC) specification the end of the postscript header should be
++        // the "%%EndComments" line - see:
++        // http://partners.adobe.com/public/developer/en/ps/5001.DSC_Spec.pdf
++
++
++        // search each line in the postscript header
+         while (!(feof(stdin))) {
++
++            // read a line of the input file
+             if (!fgets((char *)&buffer, sizeof(buffer), stdin))
+                 break;
+ 
+-            // End of the PS header ?
+             if (!(memcmp("%%Creator", (char *)&buffer, 9))) {
++                // found a "%%Creator" line
++
++                // emit the MediaChoice and colour correction information
+                 if (paperType)
+                     fprintf(stdout, "/MediaChoice (%s) def\n", paperType);
+                 fprintf(stdout, "%s", crd);
+                 fprintf(stdout, "%s", csa);
++
++                // emit the original "%%Creator" line
+                 fprintf(stdout, "%s", (char *)&buffer); 
++
++                // stop scanning the header
+                 break;
++            }
+ 
+-            // End of the header not found?
+-            } else if (!(memcmp("%%%%BeginPro", (char *)&buffer, 10)) ||
+-                !(memcmp("%%BeginRes", (char *)&buffer, 10)) ||
+-                !(memcmp("%%EndComments", (char *)&buffer, 13))) {
++
++            if (!(memcmp("%%EndComments", (char *)&buffer, 13))) {
++                // reached end of header without finding a "%%Creator" line
++
++                // emit the MediaChoice and colour correction information
++                if (paperType)
++                    fprintf(stdout, "/MediaChoice (%s) def\n", paperType);
++                fprintf(stdout, "%s", crd);
++                fprintf(stdout, "%s", csa);
++
++                // emit a dummy "%%Creator" line
++                DEBUGMSG(_("inserting dummy \"Creator\" entry in postscript header"));
++                fprintf(stdout, "%s", "%%Creator: SpliX pstoqpdl filter");
++
++                // emit the original "%%EndComments" line
++                fprintf(stdout, "%s", (char *)&buffer);
++
++                // stop scanning the header
++                break;
++            }
++
++
++            if (!(memcmp("%%BeginPro", (char *)&buffer, 10)) ||
++                !(memcmp("%%BeginRes", (char *)&buffer, 10))) {
++                // we shouldn't find either of these lines in the header
++
+                 ERRORMSG(_("End of PostScript header not found"));
++
++                // emit the line that was found
+                 fprintf(stdout, "%s", (char *)&buffer); 
++
++                // stop scanning the header
+                 break;
+             }
++
++            // encountered some other kind of header line - just emit it
+             fprintf(stdout, "%s", (char *)&buffer); 
+         }
++
+ 
+         // Check for each page
+         while (!(feof(stdin))) {