diff --git a/metadata/me.shkschneider.dropbearserver.txt b/metadata/me.shkschneider.dropbearserver.txt
index 5d46164895..c465ebca3f 100644
--- a/metadata/me.shkschneider.dropbearserver.txt
+++ b/metadata/me.shkschneider.dropbearserver.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-Disabled:Can't build properly (yet?) - see comment
-#there are dropbear binaries in the repo from an external source but they can be built
-#from https://github.com/shkschneider/android_external_dropbear . 
 Category:System
 License:GPLv2
 Web Site:https://github.com/shkschneider/android_DropBearServer
@@ -15,7 +12,10 @@ This is a SSH server using DropBear, allows you to easily install, configure and
 Repo Type:git
 Repo:https://github.com/shkschneider/android_DropBearServer.git
 
-Build Version:1.9.4,194,1.9.4,target=android-10,prebuild=sed -i 's@\(android.library.reference.3=\).*@\1$$ActionBar$$@' project.properties && sed -i 's@\(android.library.reference.1=\).*@\1$$ViewPagerTabs$$@' project.properties && sed -i 's@\(android.library.reference.2=\).*@\1$$UITableView$$@' project.properties,srclibs=ActionBar@c8341dc;UITableView@c9a2525bce;ViewPagerTabs@67df90db08,update=../extlib/ViewPagerTabs
+# there are dropbear binaries in the repo from an external source but they can be built
+# from https://github.com/shkschneider/android_external_dropbear . 
+# the issue to remove the patch has been created at https://github.com/shkschneider/android_DropBearServer/issues/5
+Build Version:1.9.4,194,1.9.4,target=android-10,patch=ActionBar.patch,srclibs=ActionBar@c8341dc;UITableView@1665555424;ViewPagerTabs@67df90db08,prebuild=sed -i 's@\(android.library.reference.3=\).*@\1$$ActionBar$$@' project.properties && sed -i 's@\(android.library.reference.1=\).*@\1$$ViewPagerTabs$$@' project.properties && sed -i 's@\(android.library.reference.2=\).*@\1$$UITableView$$@' project.properties
 
 Update Check Mode:Market
 Current Version:1.9.4
diff --git a/metadata/me.shkschneider.dropbearserver/ActionBar.patch b/metadata/me.shkschneider.dropbearserver/ActionBar.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dc183b5403
--- /dev/null
+++ b/metadata/me.shkschneider.dropbearserver/ActionBar.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+--- a/res/layout/explorer_header.xml
++++ b/res/layout/explorer_header.xml
+@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
+ 
+     <com.markupartist.android.widget.ActionBar
+         android:id="@+id/actionbar"
+-        style="@style/AnotherActionBar" />
++        style="@style/ActionBar" />
+ 
+     <TextView
+         android:id="@+id/current_path"
+@@ -27,4 +27,4 @@
+         android:layout_height="2dip"
+         android:background="@color/black" />
+ 
+-</LinearLayout>
+\ No newline at end of file
++</LinearLayout>
+--- a/res/layout/main.xml
++++ b/res/layout/main.xml
+@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
+ 
+     <com.markupartist.android.widget.ActionBar
+         android:id="@+id/actionbar"
+-        style="@style/AnotherActionBar" />
++        style="@style/ActionBar" />
+ 
+     <com.astuetz.viewpagertabs.ViewPagerTabs
+         android:id="@+id/tabs"
+@@ -30,4 +30,4 @@
+         android:layout_width="fill_parent"
+         android:layout_height="fill_parent" />
+ 
+-</LinearLayout>
+\ No newline at end of file
++</LinearLayout>