diff --git a/srcpkgs/zsh-syntax-highlighting/INSTALL.msg b/srcpkgs/zsh-syntax-highlighting/INSTALL.msg
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+To activate zsh-syntax-highlighting source it at the end of ~/.zshrc:
+
+	. /usr/share/zsh/plugins/zsh-syntax-highlighting/zsh-syntax-highlighting.zsh
diff --git a/srcpkgs/zsh-syntax-highlighting/template b/srcpkgs/zsh-syntax-highlighting/template
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+# Template file for 'zsh-syntax-highlighting'
+pkgname=zsh-syntax-highlighting
+version=0.2.1
+revision=1
+noarch=yes
+depends="zsh"
+short_desc="Fish shell like syntax highlighting for Zsh"
+maintainer="Eivind Uggedal <eivind@uggedal.com>"
+license="BSD"
+homepage="https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting"
+distfiles="${homepage}/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=3cdf47ee613ff748230e9666c0122eca22dc05352f266fe640019c982f3ef6db
+
+do_install() {
+	vinstall ${pkgname}.zsh 644 usr/share/zsh/plugins/${pkgname}
+	vcopy highlighters usr/share/zsh/plugins/${pkgname}
+	vlicense COPYING.md
+}