diff --git a/srcpkgs/mcelog/files/mcelog/run b/srcpkgs/mcelog/files/mcelog/run
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..18691c742c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/mcelog/files/mcelog/run
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+exec mcelog --daemon --foreground --syslog
diff --git a/srcpkgs/mcelog/template b/srcpkgs/mcelog/template
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index 0000000000..ef3e8deebe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/mcelog/template
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+# Template file for 'mcelog'
+pkgname=mcelog
+version=109
+revision=1
+only_for_archs="i686 x86_64"
+build_style=gnu-makefile
+short_desc="Decode kernel machine check log on x86 machines"
+maintainer="Christian Neukirchen <chneukirchen@gmail.com>"
+license="GPL-2"
+homepage="http://www.mcelog.org/"
+distfiles="https://github.com/andikleen/${pkgname}/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=0b842274e9d19f14d26d0797ebcfeb0cfcf5a34675fc0a2a6e9d4145e5176333
+
+post_install() {
+	mv ${DESTDIR}/usr/sbin ${DESTDIR}/usr/bin
+	vsv mcelog
+}