diff --git a/srcpkgs/alertmanager/files/alertmanager/run b/srcpkgs/alertmanager/files/alertmanager/run
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..0ccb0e5727
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/alertmanager/files/alertmanager/run
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Add $ARGS for more arguments
+[ -f ./conf ] && . ./conf
+
+: ${USER:=_alertmanager}
+: ${CONF_FILE:=/etc/alertmanager.yml}
+: ${CONF_FLAG:=-config.file=$CONF_FILE}
+: ${WRKDIR:=/var/lib/alertmanager}
+
+cd "$WRKDIR"
+
+exec chpst -u $USER alertmanager ${CONF_FLAG} ${ARGS}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/alertmanager/template b/srcpkgs/alertmanager/template
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..70a9bd2392
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/alertmanager/template
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Template file for 'alertmanager'
+pkgname=alertmanager
+version=0.9.1
+revision=1
+build_style=go
+go_import_path="github.com/prometheus/alertmanager"
+go_package="${go_import_path}/cmd/alertmanager ${go_import_path}/cmd/amtool"
+go_ldflags="-X ${go_import_path}/version.Version=${version}
+ -X ${go_import_path}/version.Revision=${version}
+ -X ${go_import_path}/version.Branch=${version}
+ -X ${go_import_path}/version.BuildUser=VoidLinux"
+short_desc="Handles alerts sent by client applications such as the Prometheus server"
+conf_files="/etc/alertmanager.yml"
+maintainer="Toyam Cox <Vaelatern@voidlinux.eu>"
+license="Apache-2.0"
+homepage="https://github.com/prometheus/alertmanager"
+distfiles="https://github.com/prometheus/alertmanager/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=067e00773efd0948918a30449d5e96b5cc9b0b9ecb1271d75bbd46ad3944a699
+
+system_accounts="_alertmanager"
+make_dirs="/var/lib/alertmanager 700 _alertmanager _alertmanager"
+
+post_install() {
+	vconf doc/examples/simple.yml alertmanager.yml
+	vsv alertmanager
+}