diff --git a/srcpkgs/nestopia/patches/install.patch b/srcpkgs/nestopia/patches/install.patch
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index 0000000000..1c36b0c2b6
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+++ b/srcpkgs/nestopia/patches/install.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+--- Makefile	2013-01-20 20:10:25.000000000 +0400
++++ Makefile	2013-01-21 15:18:54.727577673 +0400
+@@ -197,11 +197,11 @@
+ 	install -m 0644 NstDatabase.xml $(DATADIR)
+ 	install -m 0644 source/unix/icons/*.png $(DATADIR)/icons
+ 	install -m 0644 source/unix/icons/*.svg $(DATADIR)/icons
+-	install -m 0644 source/unix/icons/nestopia.svg $(PREFIX)/share/pixmaps
+-	xdg-desktop-menu install --novendor $(DATADIR)/nestopia.desktop
++	install -m 0644 source/unix/icons/nestopia.svg $(PREFIX)/share/pixmaps/nestopia.svg
++	install -Dm0644 $(DATADIR)/nestopia.desktop $(PREFIX)/share/applications/nestopia.desktop
+ 
+ uninstall:
+-	xdg-desktop-menu uninstall $(DATADIR)/nestopia.desktop
++	rm $(PREFIX)/share/applications/nestopia.desktop
+ 	rm $(PREFIX)/share/pixmaps/nestopia.svg
+ 	rm $(BINDIR)/$(BIN)
+ 	rm -rf $(DATADIR)
diff --git a/srcpkgs/nestopia/template b/srcpkgs/nestopia/template
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+++ b/srcpkgs/nestopia/template
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# Template file for 'nestopia'
+pkgname=nestopia
+version=1.45
+revision=1
+wrksrc="rdanbrook-nestopia-59c9928"
+build_style=gnu-makefile
+make_build_args="PREFIX=/usr"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
+makedepends="SDL-devel alsa-lib-devel gtk+3-devel glu-devel libarchive-devel desktop-file-utils"
+depends="desktop-file-utils"
+short_desc="NES/Famicom emulator designed to emulate the NES hardware accurately"
+maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
+license="GPL-2"
+homepage="http://nestopia.sourceforge.net/"
+distfiles="https://github.com/rdanbrook/nestopia/tarball/${version}>${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=0a9152a60bc72bdaed853a756b822ac48fd6d4b3463436a873d5f46d785e641f
+
+do_install() {
+	mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}/usr/{bin,share/$pkgname}
+	make PREFIX=${DESTDIR}/usr install
+}