diff --git a/recipes/retroarch/recipe.toml b/recipes/retroarch/recipe.toml
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+[source]
+git = "https://github.com/jackpot51/retroarch.git"
+
+[build]
+template = "custom"
+dependencies = [
+    "liborbital",
+    "sdl",
+]
+script = """
+pushd "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}"
+./fetch-submodules.sh
+popd
+
+rsync -av --delete "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/" ./
+
+COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS=(
+    --host="${TARGET}"
+    --prefix="/"
+    --disable-networking # missing ifaddrs.h
+    --disable-thread_storage # crash in pthread_setspecific called by sthread_tls_set
+)
+cookbook_configure
+"""