diff --git a/srcpkgs/uptimed/files/uptimed/run b/srcpkgs/uptimed/files/uptimed/run
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index 0000000000..716df87a4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/uptimed/files/uptimed/run
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+[ -r conf ] && . ./conf
+exec uptimed -f $OPTS
diff --git a/srcpkgs/uptimed/template b/srcpkgs/uptimed/template
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+++ b/srcpkgs/uptimed/template
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+# Template file for 'uptimed'
+pkgname=uptimed
+version=0.4.0
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-configure
+configure_args="--disable-static"
+conf_files="/etc/uptimed.conf"
+make_dirs="/var/spool/uptimed 0755 root root"
+hostmakedepends="automake libtool"
+short_desc="Daemon that records system uptimes"
+maintainer="Steve Prybylski <sa.prybylx@gmail.com>"
+license="GPL-2"
+homepage="https://github.com/rpodgorny/uptimed"
+distfiles="${homepage}/archive/v${version}.tar.gz>${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=26891965bb499065e34072cecd3eb8087102b1c05f530c8fe8504a07c722f9bf
+
+pre_configure() {
+	./autogen.sh
+}
+
+post_install() {
+	mv ${DESTDIR}/etc/uptimed.conf-dist ${DESTDIR}/etc/uptimed.conf
+	vsv uptimed
+}