diff --git a/Formula/libdc1394.rb b/Formula/libdc1394.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7d49f30aba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Formula/libdc1394.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+require 'formula'
+
+class Libdc1394 < Formula
+  url 'http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/libdc1394/libdc1394-2/2.1.4/libdc1394-2.1.4.tar.gz'
+  homepage 'http://damien.douxchamps.net/ieee1394/libdc1394/'
+  md5 'a9c5306dfc17917872513355f87e8412'
+
+  depends_on 'pkg-config'
+  depends_on 'libusb'
+
+  def install
+    system "./configure", "--disable-dependency-tracking",
+                          "--prefix=#{prefix}"
+    system "make install"
+  end
+
+  def patches
+    # fix issue due to bug in OSX Firewire stack
+    # libdc1394 author comments here:
+    # http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.multimedia.libdc1394.devel/517
+    DATA
+  end
+end
+
+
+__END__
+diff --git a/dc1394/macosx/capture.c b/dc1394/macosx/capture.c
+index c7c71f2..8959535 100644
+--- a/dc1394/macosx/capture.c
++++ b/dc1394/macosx/capture.c
+@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ callback (buffer_info * buffer, NuDCLRef dcl)
+ 
+     for (i = 0; i < buffer->num_dcls; i++) {
+         int packet_size = capture->frames[buffer->i].packet_size;
+-        if ((buffer->pkts[i].status & 0x1F) != 0x11) {
++        if (buffer->pkts[i].status && (buffer->pkts[i].status & 0x1F) != 0x11) {
+             dc1394_log_warning ("packet %d had error status %x",
+                     i, buffer->pkts[i].status);
+             corrupt = 1;