diff --git a/srcpkgs/arptables/files/arptables/finish b/srcpkgs/arptables/files/arptables/finish
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..5c5d5361f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/arptables/files/arptables/finish
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+RULES=/etc/iptables/arptables.rules
+[ -r conf ] && . ./conf
+[ -n $SKIP_SAVE ] && exit 0
+arptables-save > $RULES
diff --git a/srcpkgs/arptables/files/arptables/run b/srcpkgs/arptables/files/arptables/run
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..cf92801f9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/arptables/files/arptables/run
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+RULES=/etc/iptables/arptables.rules
+[ -r conf ] && . ./conf
+[ -r $RULES ] || exit 0
+arptables-restore < $RULES
+exec chpst -b arptables pause
diff --git a/srcpkgs/arptables/template b/srcpkgs/arptables/template
index 58c367f86d..6f7a04137f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/arptables/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/arptables/template
@@ -17,4 +17,5 @@ do_install() {
 	vbin arptables-restore
 	vbin arptables-save
 	vman arptables.8
+	vsv arptables
 }