diff --git a/srcpkgs/spl-devel b/srcpkgs/spl-devel
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+spl
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diff --git a/srcpkgs/spl/template b/srcpkgs/spl/template
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+# Template file for 'spl'
+pkgname=spl
+version=0.6.3
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-configure
+configure_args="--with-config=user --sbindir=/usr/bin"
+short_desc="Solaris Porting Layer -- userland and kernel modules (using DKMS)"
+maintainer="Christian Neukirchen <chneukirchen@gmail.com>"
+license="GPL-2"
+homepage="http://zfsonlinux.org/"
+distfiles="http://archive.zfsonlinux.org/downloads/zfsonlinux/spl/spl-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=898aa3912c73420a0082375679e28267a26d348a84561e25898a171785f41fe3
+
+triggers="dkms"
+dkms_modules="spl ${version}"
+depends="dkms ${pkgname}-devel>=${version}_${revision}"
+
+post_install() {
+	vmkdir usr/src
+	tar xzf ${XBPS_SRCDISTDIR}/${pkgname}-${version}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz -C ${DESTDIR}/usr/src
+	scripts/dkms.mkconf -v ${version} -f ${DESTDIR}/usr/src/${sourcepkg}-${version}/dkms.conf -n spl
+}	
+
+spl-devel_package() {
+        short_desc="Solaris Porting Layer -- development headers"
+        pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/src/${sourcepkg}-${version}/include
+        }
+}