diff --git a/qgis-1.8.0-qextserialport.patch b/qgis-1.8.0-qextserialport.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bbda122
--- /dev/null
+++ b/qgis-1.8.0-qextserialport.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,236 @@
+diff -Nur qgis-1.8.0/cmake/FindQextserialport.cmake qgis-1.8.0-qextserialport/cmake/FindQextserialport.cmake
+--- qgis-1.8.0/cmake/FindQextserialport.cmake	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
++++ qgis-1.8.0-qextserialport/cmake/FindQextserialport.cmake	2012-11-02 20:40:57.854520284 +0100
+@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
++# Find Qextserialport
++# ~~~~~~~~
++# Copyright (c) 2011, Jürgen E. Fischer <jef at norbit.de>
++#
++# Redistribution and use is allowed according to the terms of the BSD license.
++# For details see the accompanying COPYING-CMAKE-SCRIPTS file.
++#
++# Once run this will define: 
++# 
++# QEXTSERIALPORT_FOUND       = system has Qextserialport lib
++# QEXTSERIALPORT_LIBRARY     = full path to the Qextserialport library
++# QEXTSERIALPORT_INCLUDE_DIR = where to find headers 
++#
++
++
++FIND_PATH(QEXTSERIALPORT_INCLUDE_DIR NAMES qextserialport.h PATHS
++  /usr/include
++  /usr/local/include
++  "$ENV{LIB_DIR}/include" 
++  "$ENV{INCLUDE}" 
++  PATH_SUFFIXES QtExtSerialPort
++  )
++
++FIND_LIBRARY(QEXTSERIALPORT_LIBRARY NAMES qextserialport-1.2 PATHS 
++  /usr/lib
++  /usr/local/lib
++  "$ENV{LIB_DIR}/lib" 
++  "$ENV{LIB}/lib" 
++  )
++
++IF (QEXTSERIALPORT_INCLUDE_DIR AND QEXTSERIALPORT_LIBRARY)
++  SET(QEXTSERIALPORT_FOUND TRUE)
++ENDIF (QEXTSERIALPORT_INCLUDE_DIR AND QEXTSERIALPORT_LIBRARY)
++
++IF (QEXTSERIALPORT_FOUND)
++  IF (NOT QEXTSERIALPORT_FIND_QUIETLY)
++    MESSAGE(STATUS "Found Qextserialport: ${QEXTSERIALPORT_LIBRARY}")
++  ENDIF (NOT QEXTSERIALPORT_FIND_QUIETLY)
++ELSE (QEXTSERIALPORT_FOUND)
++  IF (QEXTSERIALPORT_FIND_REQUIRED)
++    MESSAGE(FATAL_ERROR "Could not find Qextserialport")
++  ENDIF (QEXTSERIALPORT_FIND_REQUIRED)
++ENDIF (QEXTSERIALPORT_FOUND)
+diff -Nur qgis-1.8.0/CMakeLists.txt qgis-1.8.0-qextserialport/CMakeLists.txt
+--- qgis-1.8.0/CMakeLists.txt	2012-06-12 21:28:18.000000000 +0200
++++ qgis-1.8.0-qextserialport/CMakeLists.txt	2012-11-02 21:04:28.013021635 +0100
+@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@
+ 
+ SET (WITH_INTERNAL_QWTPOLAR TRUE CACHE BOOL "Use internal build of QwtPolar")
+ 
++SET (WITH_INTERNAL_QEXTSERIALPORT TRUE CACHE BOOL "Use internal build of Qextserialport")
++
+ SET (WITH_SPATIALITE TRUE CACHE BOOL "Determines whether SPATIALITE support should be built")
+ IF (WITH_SPATIALITE)
+   SET (WITH_INTERNAL_SPATIALITE FALSE CACHE BOOL "Determines whether SPATIALITE support should be built internally")
+@@ -174,6 +176,10 @@
+   FIND_PACKAGE(QwtPolar REQUIRED)
+ ENDIF(NOT WITH_INTERNAL_QWTPOLAR)
+ 
++IF (NOT WITH_INTERNAL_QEXTSERIALPORT)
++  FIND_PACKAGE(Qextserialport REQUIRED)
++ENDIF(NOT WITH_INTERNAL_QEXTSERIALPORT)
++
+ IF (NOT WITH_INTERNAL_SPATIALITE)
+   FIND_PACKAGE(Sqlite3)
+   IF (NOT SQLITE3_FOUND)
+diff -Nur qgis-1.8.0/python/CMakeLists.txt qgis-1.8.0-qextserialport/python/CMakeLists.txt
+--- qgis-1.8.0/python/CMakeLists.txt	2012-06-12 21:28:18.000000000 +0200
++++ qgis-1.8.0-qextserialport/python/CMakeLists.txt	2012-11-02 20:49:38.101851101 +0100
+@@ -14,6 +14,16 @@
+   )
+ ENDIF (WITH_INTERNAL_SPATIALITE)
+ 
++IF (WITH_INTERNAL_QEXTSERIALPORT)
++  INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(
++    ../src/core/gps/qextserialport
++  )
++ELSE (WITH_INTERNAL_QEXTSERIALPORT)
++  INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(
++    ${QEXTSERIALPORT_INCLUDE_DIR}
++  )
++ENDIF (WITH_INTERNAL_QEXTSERIALPORT)
++
+ SET (CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${QGIS_PYTHON_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY})
+ SET (CMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${QGIS_PYTHON_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY})
+ 
+@@ -31,7 +41,6 @@
+     ../src/core
+     ../src/core/composer
+     ../src/core/gps
+-    ../src/core/gps/qextserialport
+     ../src/core/raster
+     ../src/core/renderer
+     ../src/core/symbology
+diff -Nur qgis-1.8.0/src/app/CMakeLists.txt qgis-1.8.0-qextserialport/src/app/CMakeLists.txt
+--- qgis-1.8.0/src/app/CMakeLists.txt	2012-06-12 21:28:18.000000000 +0200
++++ qgis-1.8.0-qextserialport/src/app/CMakeLists.txt	2012-11-02 22:29:40.327221781 +0100
+@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@
+   ${QT_QTUITOOLS_INCLUDE_DIR}
+   ../analysis/raster
+   ../core
+-  ../core/gps ../core/gps/qextserialport
++  ../core/gps
+   ../core/composer ../core/raster ../core/renderer ../core/symbology ../core/symbology-ng
+   ../gui ../gui/symbology-ng ../gui/attributetable
+   ../plugins
+@@ -402,6 +402,17 @@
+   gps
+   )
+ 
++IF (WITH_INTERNAL_QEXTSERIALPORT)
++  INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(
++    ../core/gps/qextserialport
++  )
++ELSE (WITH_INTERNAL_QEXTSERIALPORT)
++  INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(
++    ${QEXTSERIALPORT_INCLUDE_DIR}
++  )
++ENDIF (WITH_INTERNAL_QEXTSERIALPORT)
++
++
+ IF (ANDROID)
+     INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${ANDROID_NDK_TOOLCHAIN_ROOT}/sysroot/usr/include)
+ ENDIF (ANDROID)
+diff -Nur qgis-1.8.0/src/core/CMakeLists.txt qgis-1.8.0-qextserialport/src/core/CMakeLists.txt
+--- qgis-1.8.0/src/core/CMakeLists.txt	2012-06-12 21:28:18.000000000 +0200
++++ qgis-1.8.0-qextserialport/src/core/CMakeLists.txt	2012-11-02 22:21:00.757952769 +0100
+@@ -5,9 +5,6 @@
+ 
+ SET(QGIS_CORE_SRCS
+ 
+-  gps/qextserialport/qextserialport.cpp
+-  gps/qextserialport/qextserialenumerator.cpp
+-
+   gps/qgsgpsconnection.cpp
+   gps/qgsgpsconnectionregistry.cpp
+   gps/qgsnmeaconnection.cpp
+@@ -184,10 +181,14 @@
+   )
+   ADD_DEFINITIONS(-D_TTY_WIN_)
+ ELSE(WIN32)
+-  SET(QGIS_CORE_SRCS
+-    ${QGIS_CORE_SRCS}
+-    gps/qextserialport/posix_qextserialport.cpp
+-  )
++  IF (WITH_INTERNAL_QEXTSERIALPORT)
++    SET(QGIS_CORE_SRCS
++        ${QGIS_CORE_SRCS}
++        gps/qextserialport/qextserialport.cpp
++        gps/qextserialport/qextserialenumerator.cpp
++        gps/qextserialport/posix_qextserialport.cpp
++    )
++  ENDIF (WITH_INTERNAL_QEXTSERIALPORT)
+   ADD_DEFINITIONS(-D_TTY_POSIX_)
+ ENDIF(WIN32)
+ 
+@@ -198,6 +199,7 @@
+   )
+ ENDIF (QT_MOBILITY_LOCATION_FOUND)
+ 
++
+ IF (WITH_INTERNAL_SPATIALITE)
+   IF (WIN32 OR APPLE OR ANDROID)
+     INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${ICONV_INCLUDE_DIR})
+@@ -277,10 +279,15 @@
+   gps/qgsgpsdetector.h
+   gps/qgsnmeaconnection.h
+   gps/qgsgpsdconnection.h
+-  gps/qextserialport/qextserialport.h
+-  gps/qextserialport/qextserialenumerator.h
+ )
+ 
++IF (WITH_INTERNAL_QEXTSERIALPORT)
++  SET(QGIS_CORE_MOC_HDRS
++    ${QGIS_CORE_MOC_HDRS}
++    gps/qextserialport/qextserialport.h
++    gps/qextserialport/qextserialenumerator.h
++  )
++ENDIF (WITH_INTERNAL_QEXTSERIALPORT)
+ 
+ IF (QT_MOBILITY_LOCATION_FOUND)
+   SET(QGIS_CORE_MOC_HDRS
+@@ -435,6 +442,10 @@
+   INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${SQLITE3_INCLUDE_DIR})
+ ENDIF (NOT WITH_INTERNAL_SPATIALITE)
+ 
++IF (NOT WITH_INTERNAL_QEXTSERIALPORT)
++    INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${QEXTSERIALPORT_INCLUDE_DIR})
++ENDIF (NOT WITH_INTERNAL_QEXTSERIALPORT)
++
+ IF (WIN32)
+   IF (MSVC)
+     ADD_DEFINITIONS("-DCORE_EXPORT=__declspec(dllexport)")
+@@ -503,6 +514,10 @@
+   ${SPATIALINDEX_LIBRARY}
+ )
+ 
++IF (NOT WITH_INTERNAL_QEXTSERIALPORT)
++  TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(qgis_core ${QEXTSERIALPORT_LIBRARY})
++ENDIF (NOT WITH_INTERNAL_QEXTSERIALPORT)
++
+ IF (WITH_INTERNAL_SPATIALITE)
+   IF (WIN32 OR APPLE)
+     TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(qgis_core ${ICONV_LIBRARY})
+diff -Nur qgis-1.8.0/src/plugins/gps_importer/CMakeLists.txt qgis-1.8.0-qextserialport/src/plugins/gps_importer/CMakeLists.txt
+--- qgis-1.8.0/src/plugins/gps_importer/CMakeLists.txt	2012-06-12 21:28:18.000000000 +0200
++++ qgis-1.8.0-qextserialport/src/plugins/gps_importer/CMakeLists.txt	2012-11-02 20:50:24.924541164 +0100
+@@ -37,13 +37,23 @@
+ INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(
+      ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
+      ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}
+-     ../../core ../../core/gps ../../core/gps/qextserialport
++     ../../core ../../core/gps
+ 
+      ../../gui
+      ..
+      ${EXPAT_INCLUDE_DIR}
+ )
+ 
++IF (WITH_INTERNAL_QEXTSERIALPORT)
++  INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(
++    ../../core/gps/qextserialport
++  )
++ELSE (WITH_INTERNAL_QEXTSERIALPORT)
++  INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(
++    ${QEXTSERIALPORT_INCLUDE_DIR}
++  )
++ENDIF (WITH_INTERNAL_QEXTSERIALPORT)
++
+ TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(gpsimporterplugin
+   qgis_core
+   qgis_gui