diff --git a/package/x11/xfree86/ppc-imps2-wheel.patch b/package/x11/xfree86/ppc-imps2-wheel.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0c49c52dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/x11/xfree86/ppc-imps2-wheel.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+
+Hey cool - patching this time seems to become a full-time job ...
+
+Otherwise negative movements (0xff, ...) will be interpreted as 255 (...)
+and since it is above 7 assigned to 0 :-(((
+
+  - Rene Rebe <rene@rocklinux.org>
+
+--- xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/input/mouse/mouse.c.orig	2003-10-10 13:06:30.000000000 +0200
++++ xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/input/mouse/mouse.c	2003-12-06 16:41:17.000000000 +0100
+@@ -1386,7 +1386,7 @@
+ 		      (pBuf[0] & 0x80) >> 3;        /* button 5 */
+ 	    dx = (pBuf[0] & 0x10) ?    pBuf[1]-256  :  pBuf[1];
+ 	    dy = (pBuf[0] & 0x20) ?  -(pBuf[2]-256) : -pBuf[2];
+-	    dz = (char)(pBuf[3] | ((pBuf[3] & 0x08) ? 0xf8 : 0));
++	    dz = (signed char)(pBuf[3] | ((pBuf[3] & 0x08) ? 0xf8 : 0));
+ 	    if ((pBuf[3] & 0xf8) && ((pBuf[3] & 0xf8) != 0xf8)) {
+ 		if (pMse->autoProbe) {
+ 		    SetMouseProto(pMse, PROT_EXPPS2);