diff --git a/src/metis-1-fixes.patch b/src/metis-1-fixes.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..98642f32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/metis-1-fixes.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,125 @@
+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: Tony Theodore <tonyt@logyst.com>
+Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2017 22:54:25 +1100
+Subject: [PATCH 1/5] mingw-w64-does-not-have-sys-resource-h
+
+taken from:
+https://github.com/Alexpux/MINGW-packages/blob/484b873e8a1967b7809127682635888b7329417f/mingw-w64-metis/0001-mingw-w64-does-not-have-sys-resource-h.patch
+
+diff --git a/GKlib/gk_arch.h b/GKlib/gk_arch.h
+index 1111111..2222222 100644
+--- a/GKlib/gk_arch.h
++++ b/GKlib/gk_arch.h
+@@ -41,7 +41,9 @@
+ #endif
+   #include <inttypes.h>
+   #include <sys/types.h>
+-  #include <sys/resource.h>
++  #ifndef __MINGW32__
++    #include <sys/resource.h>
++  #endif
+   #include <sys/time.h>
+ #endif
+ 
+
+From 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Tony Theodore <tonyt@logyst.com>
+Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2017 22:55:34 +1100
+Subject: [PATCH 2/5] mingw-w64-do-not-use-reserved-double-underscored-names
+
+taken from:
+https://github.com/Alexpux/MINGW-packages/blob/484b873e8a1967b7809127682635888b7329417f/mingw-w64-metis/0002-mingw-w64-do-not-use-reserved-double-underscored-names.patch
+
+diff --git a/GKlib/gk_getopt.h b/GKlib/gk_getopt.h
+index 1111111..2222222 100644
+--- a/GKlib/gk_getopt.h
++++ b/GKlib/gk_getopt.h
+@@ -52,10 +52,10 @@ struct gk_option {
+ 
+ 
+ /* Function prototypes */
+-extern int gk_getopt(int __argc, char **__argv, char *__shortopts);
+-extern int gk_getopt_long(int __argc, char **__argv, char *__shortopts,
++extern int gk_getopt(int gk_argc, char **gk_argv, char *__shortopts);
++extern int gk_getopt_long(int gk_argc, char **gk_argv, char *__shortopts,
+               struct gk_option *__longopts, int *__longind);
+-extern int gk_getopt_long_only (int __argc, char **__argv,
++extern int gk_getopt_long_only (int gk_argc, char **gk_argv,
+               char *__shortopts, struct gk_option *__longopts, int *__longind);
+ 
+ 
+
+From 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Tony Theodore <tonyt@logyst.com>
+Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2017 22:58:20 +1100
+Subject: [PATCH 3/5] WIN32-Install-RUNTIME-to-bin
+
+taken from:
+https://github.com/Alexpux/MINGW-packages/blob/484b873e8a1967b7809127682635888b7329417f/mingw-w64-metis/0003-WIN32-Install-RUNTIME-to-bin.patch
+
+diff --git a/libmetis/CMakeLists.txt b/libmetis/CMakeLists.txt
+index 1111111..2222222 100644
+--- a/libmetis/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/libmetis/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -8,9 +8,15 @@ if(UNIX)
+   target_link_libraries(metis m)
+ endif()
+ 
++if(WIN32)
++  set(RT_DEST bin)
++else()
++  set(RT_DEST lib)
++endif()
++
+ if(METIS_INSTALL)
+   install(TARGETS metis
+     LIBRARY DESTINATION lib
+-    RUNTIME DESTINATION lib
++    RUNTIME DESTINATION ${RT_DEST}
+     ARCHIVE DESTINATION lib)
+ endif()
+
+From 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Tony Theodore <tonyt@logyst.com>
+Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2017 22:59:10 +1100
+Subject: [PATCH 4/5] Fix-GKLIB_PATH-default-for-out-of-tree-builds
+
+taken from:
+https://github.com/Alexpux/MINGW-packages/blob/484b873e8a1967b7809127682635888b7329417f/mingw-w64-metis/0004-Fix-GKLIB_PATH-default-for-out-of-tree-builds.patch
+
+diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
+index 1111111..2222222 100644
+--- a/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
+ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)
+ project(METIS)
+ 
+-set(GKLIB_PATH "GKlib" CACHE PATH "path to GKlib")
++set(GKLIB_PATH "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/GKlib" CACHE PATH "path to GKlib")
+ set(SHARED FALSE CACHE BOOL "build a shared library")
+ 
+ if(MSVC)
+
+From 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Tony Theodore <tonyt@logyst.com>
+Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2017 23:05:12 +1100
+Subject: [PATCH 5/5] disable programs
+
+
+diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
+index 1111111..2222222 100644
+--- a/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -24,4 +24,6 @@ include_directories(include)
+ # Recursively look for CMakeLists.txt in subdirs.
+ add_subdirectory("include")
+ add_subdirectory("libmetis")
+-add_subdirectory("programs")
++if(BUILD_PROGRAMS)
++  add_subdirectory("programs")
++endif()
diff --git a/src/metis-test.cpp b/src/metis-test.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c48d8ff1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/metis-test.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+/*
+ * This file is part of MXE. See LICENSE.md for licensing information.
+ *
+ * taken from: https://gist.github.com/erikzenker/c4dc42c8d5a8c1cd3e5a
+ */
+
+
+#include <cstddef> /* NULL */
+#include <metis.h>
+#include <iostream>
+
+
+// Install metis from:
+// http://glaros.dtc.umn.edu/gkhome/fetch/sw/metis/metis-5.1.0.tar.gz
+
+// Build with
+// g++ metis.cc -lmetis
+
+int main(){
+
+    idx_t nVertices = 6;
+    idx_t nEdges    = 7;
+    idx_t nWeights  = 1;
+    idx_t nParts    = 2;
+
+    idx_t objval;
+    idx_t part[nVertices];
+
+
+    // Indexes of starting points in adjacent array
+    idx_t xadj[nVertices+1] = {0,2,5,7,9,12,14};
+
+    // Adjacent vertices in consecutive index order
+    idx_t adjncy[2 * nEdges] = {1,3,0,4,2,1,5,0,4,3,1,5,4,2};
+
+    // Weights of vertices
+    // if all weights are equal then can be set to NULL
+    idx_t vwgt[nVertices * nWeights];
+
+
+    // int ret = METIS_PartGraphRecursive(&nVertices,& nWeights, xadj, adjncy,
+    //                     NULL, NULL, NULL, &nParts, NULL,
+    //                     NULL, NULL, &objval, part);
+
+    int ret = METIS_PartGraphKway(&nVertices,& nWeights, xadj, adjncy,
+                       NULL, NULL, NULL, &nParts, NULL,
+                       NULL, NULL, &objval, part);
+
+    std::cout << ret << std::endl;
+
+    for(unsigned part_i = 0; part_i < nVertices; part_i++){
+    std::cout << part_i << " " << part[part_i] << std::endl;
+    }
+
+
+    return 0;
+}
diff --git a/src/metis.mk b/src/metis.mk
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b6da6e94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/metis.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+# This file is part of MXE. See LICENSE.md for licensing information.
+
+PKG             := metis
+$(PKG)_WEBSITE  := glaros.dtc.umn.edu
+$(PKG)_DESCR    := metis
+$(PKG)_IGNORE   :=
+$(PKG)_VERSION  := 5.1.0
+$(PKG)_CHECKSUM := 76faebe03f6c963127dbb73c13eab58c9a3faeae48779f049066a21c087c5db2
+$(PKG)_SUBDIR   := metis-$($(PKG)_VERSION)
+$(PKG)_FILE     := metis-$($(PKG)_VERSION).tar.gz
+$(PKG)_URL      := http://glaros.dtc.umn.edu/gkhome/fetch/sw/metis/metis-$($(PKG)_VERSION).tar.gz
+$(PKG)_DEPS     := gcc
+
+define $(PKG)_UPDATE
+    $(call GET_LATEST_VERSION, http://glaros.dtc.umn.edu/gkhome/metis/metis/download, metis-)
+endef
+
+define $(PKG)_BUILD
+    # build and install the library
+    cd '$(BUILD_DIR)' && $(TARGET)-cmake '$(SOURCE_DIR)' \
+        -DSHARED=$(CMAKE_SHARED_BOOL)
+    $(MAKE) -C '$(BUILD_DIR)' -j '$(JOBS)'
+    $(MAKE) -C '$(BUILD_DIR)' -j 1 install
+
+    # create pkg-config file
+    $(INSTALL) -d '$(PREFIX)/$(TARGET)/lib/pkgconfig'
+    (echo 'Name: $(PKG)'; \
+     echo 'Version: $($(PKG)_VERSION)'; \
+     echo 'Description: $($(PKG)_DESCR)'; \
+     echo 'Libs: -lmetis'; \
+    ) > '$(PREFIX)/$(TARGET)/lib/pkgconfig/$(PKG).pc'
+
+    # compile test
+    '$(TARGET)-g++' \
+        -W -Wall \
+        '$(TEST_FILE)' -o '$(PREFIX)/$(TARGET)/bin/test-$(PKG).exe' \
+        `'$(TARGET)-pkg-config' $(PKG) --cflags --libs`
+endef