diff --git a/src/cmark-1-fixes.patch b/src/cmark-1-fixes.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7052032c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cmark-1-fixes.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+This file is part of MXE. See LICENSE.md for licensing information.
+
+Contains ad hoc patches for cross building.
+
+From 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Moritz Bunkus <moritz@bunkus.org>
+Date: Mon, 1 Jan 2018 16:17:41 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH 1/1] do not build and install man pages
+
+
+diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
+index 1111111..2222222 100755
+--- a/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ add_subdirectory(src)
+ if(CMARK_TESTS AND CMARK_SHARED)
+   add_subdirectory(api_test)
+ endif()
+-add_subdirectory(man)
+ if(CMARK_TESTS)
+   enable_testing()
+   add_subdirectory(test testdir)
diff --git a/src/cmark-2-static-build.patch b/src/cmark-2-static-build.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8b04466f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cmark-2-static-build.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+commit 9ead98df8ae2a64842dd157485b69756b5a32a2c
+Author: Nick Wellnhofer <wellnhofer@aevum.de>
+Date:   Tue Nov 14 14:42:06 2017 +0100
+
+    Generate export header for static-only build
+    
+    Fixes issue #247.
+
+diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
+index d5a1936..995a9df 100644
+--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -115,6 +115,11 @@ if (CMARK_STATIC)
+       VERSION ${PROJECT_VERSION})
+   endif(MSVC)
+ 
++  if (NOT CMARK_SHARED)
++    generate_export_header(${STATICLIBRARY}
++      BASE_NAME ${PROJECT_NAME})
++  endif()
++
+   list(APPEND CMARK_INSTALL ${STATICLIBRARY})
+ endif()
+ 
diff --git a/src/cmark.mk b/src/cmark.mk
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3e82d4f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cmark.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# This file is part of MXE. See LICENSE.md for licensing information.
+
+PKG             := cmark
+$(PKG)_WEBSITE  := https://github.com/commonmark/cmark
+$(PKG)_DESCR    := CommonMark parsing and rendering library and program in C
+$(PKG)_IGNORE   :=
+$(PKG)_VERSION  := 0.28.3
+$(PKG)_CHECKSUM := acc98685d3c1b515ff787ac7c994188dadaf28a2d700c10c1221da4199bae1fc
+$(PKG)_SUBDIR   := $(PKG)-$($(PKG)_VERSION)
+$(PKG)_FILE     := $(PKG)-$($(PKG)_VERSION).tar.gz
+$(PKG)_URL      := https://github.com/commonmark/cmark/archive/$($(PKG)_VERSION).tar.gz
+$(PKG)_DEPS     := cc
+
+define $(PKG)_UPDATE
+    $(call MXE_GET_GITHUB_TAGS, commonmark/cmark)
+endef
+
+define $(PKG)_BUILD
+    cd '$(BUILD_DIR)' && \
+        '$(TARGET)-cmake' '$(SOURCE_DIR)' \
+        -DCMARK_STATIC=$(CMAKE_STATIC_BOOL) \
+        -DCMARK_SHARED=$(CMAKE_SHARED_BOOL) \
+        -DCMARK_TESTS=OFF
+    $(MAKE) -C '$(BUILD_DIR)' -j '$(JOBS)' VERBOSE=1 || $(MAKE) -C '$(BUILD_DIR)' -j 1 VERBOSE=1
+    $(MAKE) -C '$(BUILD_DIR)' -j 1 install VERBOSE=1
+endef