diff --git a/srcpkgs/pdsh/patches/fix_configure_ac.patch b/srcpkgs/pdsh/patches/fix_configure_ac.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9be920cd9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/pdsh/patches/fix_configure_ac.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+configure.ac relies on git, which doesn't work for release tarball.
+See: https://github.com/chaos/pdsh/issues/116
+--- configure.ac	2017-06-28 19:28:26.000000000 -0500
++++ configure.ac	2019-09-11 08:41:27.613006239 -0500
+@@ -4,12 +4,11 @@
+ # Copyright (C) 2000-2002 Regents of the University of California
+ # See ./DISCLAIMER
+ #
+ # This file is to be processed with autoconf to generate a configure script.
+ 
+-AC_INIT([pdsh],
+-        m4_esyscmd([git describe --always |  awk '/.*/ {sub(/^pdsh-/, ""); printf "%s",$1; exit}']))
++AC_INIT([pdsh], 2)
+ 
+ AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([pdsh])
+ AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([config])
+ AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([config])
+ AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/pdsh/dsh.h])
diff --git a/srcpkgs/pdsh/template b/srcpkgs/pdsh/template
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+++ b/srcpkgs/pdsh/template
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+# Template file for 'pdsh'
+pkgname=pdsh
+version=2.33
+revision=1
+archs="~*-musl"
+wrksrc="pdsh-pdsh-${version}"
+build_style=gnu-configure
+configure_args="
+ --disable-static-modules
+ $(vopt_with rsh)
+ $(vopt_with exec)
+ $(vopt_with ssh)
+ $(vopt_with mrsh)
+ $(vopt_with xcpu)
+ $(vopt_with netgroup)
+ $(vopt_with readline)
+"
+hostmakedepends="automake autoconf libtool"
+makedepends="
+ $(vopt_if mrsh munge-devel)
+ $(vopt_if readline readline-devel)
+"
+short_desc="High performance, parallel remote shell utility"
+maintainer="Kyle Nusbaum <knusbaum+void@sdf.org>"
+license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
+homepage="https://github.com/chaos/pdsh"
+distfiles="https://github.com/chaos/pdsh/archive/pdsh-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=c026ccf06e4f1c6c52414282a865e45362405aa09f7d09fa86aaec98f6413554
+
+build_options="rsh exec ssh mrsh xcpu netgroup readline"
+build_options_default="rsh exec ssh mrsh readline"
+desc_option_rsh="Include support for the rsh remote module"
+desc_option_exec="Include support for the exec remote module"
+desc_option_mrsh="Include support for the mrsh remote module"
+desc_option_xcpu="Include support for the xcpu remote module"
+desc_option_netgroup="allows pdsh to use standard netgroup entries to build lists of target hosts."
+
+pre_configure() {
+	./bootstrap
+}