diff --git a/common/options.description b/common/options.description
index 82940566b5..f57a82d94e 100644
--- a/common/options.description
+++ b/common/options.description
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ desc_option_svg="Enable support for SVG images"
 desc_option_systemd="Enable support for systemd"
 desc_option_tcpwrappers="Enable support for tcpwrappers"
 desc_option_tiff="Enable support for TIFF images"
+desc_option_upower="Enable support for UPower"
 desc_option_usb="Enable support for USB"
 desc_option_v4l2="Enable support for V4L2 (Video 4 Linux 2)"
 desc_option_vaapi="Enable support for VA-API H.264 recording"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/mate-session-manager/template b/srcpkgs/mate-session-manager/template
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8f66ace66f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/mate-session-manager/template
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# Template file for 'mate-session-manager'
+pkgname=mate-session-manager
+version=1.8.1
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-configure
+build_options="systemd upower"
+build_options_default="upower"
+configure_args="--with-gtk=2.0 --disable-static
+ $(vopt_enable upower) $(vopt_enable systemd)"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config intltool itstool"
+makedepends="gtk+-devel dbus-glib-devel libSM-devel libXtst-devel mate-desktop-devel
+ mate-settings-daemon-devel mate-polkit-devel pangox-compat-devel
+ $(vopt_if upower upower0-devel) $(vopt_if systemd systemd-devel)"
+depends="$(vopt_if upower upower0)"
+short_desc="The MATE Session Handler"
+maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
+license="LGPL-2"
+homepage="http://mate-desktop.org"
+distfiles="http://pub.mate-desktop.org/releases/1.8/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
+checksum=2f85a714704bc475d08809be6ecf24a5d94d2e2d0ea5ac704d67557c349d7b8c