diff --git a/editors/hexedit/hexedit.conf b/editors/hexedit/hexedit.conf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ce539e754
--- /dev/null
+++ b/editors/hexedit/hexedit.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
+# This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
+#
+# Filename: package/.../hexedit/hexedit.conf
+# Copyright (C) 2011 The OpenSDE Project
+#
+# More information can be found in the files COPYING and README.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License. A copy of the
+# GNU General Public License can be found in the file COPYING.
+# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
+
+# advanced searching capabilities
+# http://www.volkerschatz.com/unix/hexeditpatch.html
+var_append patchfiles ' ' "$( match_source_file -p hexedit-search )"
diff --git a/editors/hexedit/hexedit.desc b/editors/hexedit/hexedit.desc
index 6ac155615..835ab7aea 100644
--- a/editors/hexedit/hexedit.desc
+++ b/editors/hexedit/hexedit.desc
@@ -35,4 +35,4 @@
 [P] X -----5---9 174.200
 
 [D] 2981508390 hexedit-1.2.12.src.tgz http://rigaux.org/
-
+[D] 1310835949 hexedit-search2a.diff.gz http://www.volkerschatz.com/unix/patches/