diff --git a/srcpkgs/elasticsearch/INSTALL b/srcpkgs/elasticsearch/INSTALL
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..38f5106586
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/elasticsearch/INSTALL
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# INSTALL
+case "$ACTION" in
+post)
+    if [ "$UPDATE" != "yes" ]; then
+        # actions to execute if package is being installed.
+        install -d -m0750 /var/log/elasticsearch
+        install -d -m0750 /var/lib/elasticsearch/data
+        chown -R elastic /etc/elasticsearch
+        chown -R elastic /var/lib/elasticsearch/data
+        chown -R elastic /var/log/elasticsearch
+    fi
+    ;;
+esac
diff --git a/srcpkgs/elasticsearch/files/elasticsearch/log/run b/srcpkgs/elasticsearch/files/elasticsearch/log/run
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..914853dd4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/elasticsearch/files/elasticsearch/log/run
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/usr/bin/rsvlog
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/elasticsearch/files/elasticsearch/run b/srcpkgs/elasticsearch/files/elasticsearch/run
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..6b04b17708
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/elasticsearch/files/elasticsearch/run
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+. /etc/profile # to pull in java path
+exec chpst -u elastic elasticsearch 2>&1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/elasticsearch/template b/srcpkgs/elasticsearch/template
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dd998985f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/elasticsearch/template
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+# Template file for 'elasticsearch'
+pkgname=elasticsearch
+version=1.5.0
+revision=1
+only_for_archs="i686 x86_64"
+depends="sv-helper virtual?java-runtime"
+short_desc="A distributed, open source search and analytics engine"
+maintainer="bougyman <bougyman@rubyists.com>"
+license="apache2"
+homepage="http://www.elastic.co"
+distfiles="https://download.elasticsearch.org/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-1.5.0.tar.gz"
+checksum=acf572c606552bc446cceef3f8e93814a363ba0d215b323a2864682b3abfbe45
+system_accounts="elastic"
+system_groups="elastic"
+conf_files="/etc/elasticsearch/elasticserch.yml /etc/elasticsearch/logging.yml"
+
+do_install() {
+	install -d -m0755 "${DESTDIR}"/usr/lib/elasticsearch/bin
+	install -d -m0755 "${DESTDIR}"/usr/lib/elasticsearch/lib/sigar
+	install -d -m0755 "${DESTDIR}"/usr/bin
+	install -d -m0750 "${DESTDIR}"/etc/elasticsearch
+	vcopy bin/elasticsearch usr/lib/elasticsearch/bin
+	vcopy bin/elasticsearch.in.sh usr/lib/elasticsearch/bin
+	vcopy lib/*.jar usr/lib/elasticsearch/lib
+	vcopy lib/sigar/*.jar usr/lib/elasticsearch/lib/sigar
+	vcopy lib/sigar/libsigar-x86-linux.so usr/lib/elasticsearch/lib/sigar
+	vcopy lib/sigar/libsigar-amd64-linux.so usr/lib/elasticsearch/lib/sigar
+	vcopy config/*.yml etc/elasticsearch
+	ln -s /usr/lib/elasticsearch/bin/elasticsearch "${DESTDIR}"/usr/bin/elasticsearch
+	ln -s /etc/elasticsearch "${DESTDIR}"/usr/lib/elasticsearch/config
+	ln -s /var/lib/elasticsearch/data "${DESTDIR}"/usr/lib/elasticsearch/data
+	ln -s /var/log/elasticsearch "${DESTDIR}"/usr/lib/elasticsearch/logs
+	vlicense LICENSE.txt
+	vlicense NOTICE.txt
+	vdoc README.textile
+	vsv elasticsearch
+}