diff --git a/srcpkgs/arptables/patches/makefile-cflags.patch b/srcpkgs/arptables/patches/makefile-cflags.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..34dd2a8e77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/arptables/patches/makefile-cflags.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+-D__GLIBC__=2 is required to build on *-musl,
+it's normally defined by features.h of glibc.
+--- Makefile.orig
++++ Makefile
+@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
+ DESTDIR:=
+ 
+ COPT_FLAGS:=-O2
+-CFLAGS:=$(COPT_FLAGS) -Wall -Wunused -I$(KERNEL_DIR)/include/ -Iinclude/ -DARPTABLES_VERSION=\"$(ARPTABLES_VERSION)\" #-g -DDEBUG #-pg # -DARPTC_DEBUG
++override CFLAGS+=-Wall -D__GLIBC__=2 -Iinclude/ -DARPTABLES_VERSION=\"$(ARPTABLES_VERSION)\"
+ 
+ ifndef ARPT_LIBDIR
+ ARPT_LIBDIR:=$(LIBDIR)/arptables
diff --git a/srcpkgs/arptables/template b/srcpkgs/arptables/template
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..58c367f86d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/arptables/template
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# Template file for 'arptables'
+pkgname=arptables
+version=0.0.4
+revision=1
+wrksrc="${pkgname}-v${version}"
+build_style=gnu-makefile
+depends="perl"
+short_desc="ARP table administration"
+maintainer="beefcurtains <beefcurtains@users.noreply.github.com>"
+license="GPL-2"
+homepage="http://ebtables.sourceforge.net/"
+distfiles="ftp://ftp.netfilter.org/pub/arptables/arptables-v0.0.4.tar.gz"
+checksum=277985e29ecd93bd759a58242cad0e02ba9d4a6e1b7795235e3b507661bc0049
+
+do_install() {
+	vbin arptables
+	vbin arptables-restore
+	vbin arptables-save
+	vman arptables.8
+}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/arptables/update b/srcpkgs/arptables/update
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5dd4ff91b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/arptables/update
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pattern="${pkgname}-v\\K[\\d.]+(?=\\.tar)"