diff --git a/srcpkgs/neard-devel b/srcpkgs/neard-devel
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..fac01218e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/neard-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+neard
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/neard/files/neard/log/run b/srcpkgs/neard/files/neard/log/run
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..3a5b4a5860
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/neard/files/neard/log/run
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/usr/bin/vlogger
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/neard/files/neard/run b/srcpkgs/neard/files/neard/run
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e26e7c0279
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/neard/files/neard/run
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+sv check dbus >/dev/null || exit 1
+[ -r conf ] && . ./conf
+exec /usr/libexec/nfc/neard --nodaemon ${OPTS}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/neard/files/seeld/log/run b/srcpkgs/neard/files/seeld/log/run
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..3a5b4a5860
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/neard/files/seeld/log/run
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/usr/bin/vlogger
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/neard/files/seeld/run b/srcpkgs/neard/files/seeld/run
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..22790b9573
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/neard/files/seeld/run
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+sv check dbus >/dev/null || exit 1
+[ -r conf ] && . ./conf
+exec /usr/libexec/nfc/seeld --nodaemon ${OPTS}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/neard/patches/install-se-dbus-conf.diff b/srcpkgs/neard/patches/install-se-dbus-conf.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a16cbe6a30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/neard/patches/install-se-dbus-conf.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+Sent as upstream PR: https://github.com/linux-nfc/neard/pull/15
+---
+diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
+index 26aa4ca..1ff5d31 100644
+--- a/Makefile.am
++++ b/Makefile.am
+@@ -111,6 +111,10 @@ dbusdir = ${sysconfdir}/dbus-1/system.d/
+ 
+ dist_dbus_DATA = src/org.neard.conf
+ 
++if SE
++dist_dbus_DATA += se/org.neard.se.conf
++endif
++
+ if MAINTAINER_MODE
+ 
+ if SE
diff --git a/srcpkgs/neard/template b/srcpkgs/neard/template
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..beb7743a05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/neard/template
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+# Template file for 'neard'
+pkgname=neard
+version=0.18
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-configure
+# TODO: add '--enable-test' when updated from python2 & gtk+2
+configure_args="--disable-systemd --enable-ese --enable-tools"
+hostmakedepends="autoconf autoconf-archive automake libtool pkg-config"
+makedepends="glib-devel libnl-devel"
+depends="dbus"
+short_desc="Near Field Communication (NFC) manager"
+maintainer="Jami Kettunen <jami.kettunen@protonmail.com>"
+license="GPL-2.0-only"
+homepage="https://github.com/linux-nfc/neard"
+distfiles="https://github.com/linux-nfc/neard/archive/refs/tags/v${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=c013e3115315e2e11d16b5f0f1c8ce9afbcdba26800aad91245fd9b4a5dc938b
+
+pre_configure() {
+	autoreconf -fi
+}
+
+post_install() {
+	vsv neard
+}
+
+neard-devel_package() {
+	depends="${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/include
+		# correct neard version.h install path
+		mv ${PKGDESTDIR}/usr/include/version.h \
+		   ${PKGDESTDIR}/usr/include/near
+		vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
+	}
+}