diff --git a/recipes/wip/x11/mate/marco/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/x11/mate/marco/recipe.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d3a1482f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/wip/x11/mate/marco/recipe.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+[source]
+tar = "https://github.com/mate-desktop/marco/releases/download/v1.29.1/marco-1.29.1.tar.xz"
+blake3 = "609db8d6da0ceffb67fd79a2d017be301f5cdbe441301ca5469530cdca4a7cf5"
+patches = ["redox.patch"]
+
+[build]
+dependencies = [
+    "gtk3",
+    "libcanberra",
+    "libice",
+    "libmate-desktop-2",
+    "libsm",
+    "libxcomposite",
+    "libxcursor",
+    "libxdamage",
+    "libxinerama",
+    "libxres",
+]
+template = "meson"
+
+[package]
+dependencies = [
+    "zenity",
+]
diff --git a/recipes/wip/x11/mate/marco/redox.patch b/recipes/wip/x11/mate/marco/redox.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4cb0f938
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/wip/x11/mate/marco/redox.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff -ruwN source-old/meson.build source/meson.build
+--- source-old/meson.build	2025-09-22 16:03:46.000000000 -0600
++++ source/meson.build	2025-11-14 19:09:08.402564648 -0700
+@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@
+ endif
+ 
+ gdk_pixbuf_csource = find_program('gdk-pixbuf-csource')
+-zenity = find_program('zenity')
++#Added to package depends: zenity = find_program('zenity')
+ 
+ libxext = cc.find_library('Xext', required: false)
+ if build_xsync