diff --git a/srcpkgs/openresolv/patches/runit.patch b/srcpkgs/openresolv/patches/runit.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..64157c2b73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/openresolv/patches/runit.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+diff --git configure configure
+index a32cc1c..fefad31 100755
+--- configure
++++ configure
+@@ -194,6 +194,18 @@ if [ -z "$RESTARTCMD" ]; then
+ 		fi
+ 	done
+ fi
++if [ -z "$RESTARTCMD" ]; then
++	printf "Checking for runit... "
++	if [ -x /bin/sv ]; then
++		RESTARTCMD="/bin/sv restart \1"
++		echo "yes"
++	elif [ -x /usr/bin/sv ]; then
++		RESTARTCMD="/usr/bin/sv restart \1"
++		echo "yes"
++	else
++		echo "no"
++	fi
++fi
+ 
+ if [ -z "$RESTARTCMD" ]; then
+ 	echo "$0: WARNING: No means of interacting with system services detected!"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/openresolv/template b/srcpkgs/openresolv/template
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..20a1ad05a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/openresolv/template
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# Template file for 'openresolv'
+pkgname=openresolv
+version=3.6.1
+revision=2
+build_style=gnu-configure
+short_desc="Management framework for resolv.conf"
+maintainer="Andrea Brancaleoni <miwaxe@gmail.com>"
+license="BSD"
+hostmakedepends="runit"
+homepage="http://roy.marples.name/projects/openresolv/home"
+distfiles="ftp://roy.marples.name/pub/${pkgname}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.bz2"
+checksum=38a6908c07b8474cf489095026808d1c5ea5c53bb299beaecd23c05593b09eab