diff --git a/srcpkgs/quasselcore/files/quasselcore/run b/srcpkgs/quasselcore/files/quasselcore/run
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index 0000000000..54aad4b6fe
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+++ b/srcpkgs/quasselcore/files/quasselcore/run
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+exec chpst -u quasselcore /usr/bin/quasselcore \
+    --logfile=/var/log/quassel/quasselcore.log \
+    --configdir=/var/lib/quassel \
+    --require-ssl
diff --git a/srcpkgs/quasselcore/template b/srcpkgs/quasselcore/template
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+++ b/srcpkgs/quasselcore/template
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+# Template file for 'quassel'
+
+pkgname=quasselcore
+version=0.12.2
+revision=1
+build_style=cmake
+short_desc="The remote daemon for the quassel client"
+maintainer="Alexander Gehrke <void@qwertyuiop.de>"
+license="GPL-3"
+homepage="http://www.quassel-irc.org"
+wrksrc="quassel-${version}"
+distfiles="http://quassel-irc.org/pub/quassel-${version}.tar.bz2"
+system_accounts="${pkgname}"
+checksum="6bd6f79ecb88fb857bea7e89c767a3bd0f413ff01bae9298dd2e563478947897"
+hostmakedepends="cmake pkg-config"
+makedepends="zlib-devel qt-devel phonon-devel qca-devel"
+depends="desktop-file-utils qt-plugin-sqlite"
+configure_args="-DEMBED_DATA=1 -DWANT_QTCLIENT=OFF -DWANT_MONO=OFF -DWANT_CORE=ON -DWITH_OPENSSL=ON -DWITH_DBUS=OFF -DWITH_PHONON=OFF -DWITH_WEBKIT=OFF"
+make_dirs="/var/log/quassel 0750 quasselcore quasselcore"
+make_dirs+=" /var/lib/quassel 0750 quasselcore quasselcore"
+
+post_install() {
+	vsv quasselcore
+}