diff --git a/srcpkgs/lrzsz/patches/symlinks.patch b/srcpkgs/lrzsz/patches/symlinks.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0bc2e7e8c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/lrzsz/patches/symlinks.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+--- src/Makefile.in.orig	2013-03-18 13:25:04.431274094 +0100
++++ src/Makefile.in	2013-03-18 13:25:30.533766161 +0100
+@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@
+ 	@for file in $(DISTFILES); do \
+ 	  d=$(srcdir); \
+ 	  test -f $(distdir)/$$file \
+-	  || ln $$d/$$file $(distdir)/$$file 2> /dev/null \
++	  || ln -fs $$d/$$file $(distdir)/$$file 2> /dev/null \
+ 	  || cp -p $$d/$$file $(distdir)/$$file; \
+ 	done
+ canit.o: canit.c zglobal.h ../config.h zmodem.h ../lib/getopt.h
+@@ -370,16 +370,16 @@
+ 
+ install-exec-local:
+ 	rm -f $(DESTDIR)/$(bindir)/`echo lsb | sed -e '$(transform)'`
+-	ln $(DESTDIR)/$(bindir)/`echo lsz |sed -e '$(transform)'` \
++	ln -s $(DESTDIR)/$(bindir)/`echo lsz |sed -e '$(transform)'` \
+ 		$(DESTDIR)/$(bindir)/`echo lsb |sed -e '$(transform)'` 
+ 	rm -f $(bindir)/`echo lsx | sed -e '$(transform)'`
+-	ln $(DESTDIR)/$(bindir)/`echo lsz |sed -e '$(transform)'` \
++	ln -s $(DESTDIR)/$(bindir)/`echo lsz |sed -e '$(transform)'` \
+ 		$(DESTDIR)/$(bindir)/`echo lsx |sed -e '$(transform)'` 
+ 	rm -f $(bindir)/`echo lrb | sed -e '$(transform)'`
+-	ln $(DESTDIR)/$(bindir)/`echo lrz |sed -e '$(transform)'` \
++	ln -s $(DESTDIR)/$(bindir)/`echo lrz |sed -e '$(transform)'` \
+ 		$(DESTDIR)/$(bindir)/`echo lrb |sed -e '$(transform)'` 
+ 	rm -f $(bindir)/`echo lrx | sed -e '$(transform)'`
+-	ln $(DESTDIR)/$(bindir)/`echo lrz |sed -e '$(transform)'` \
++	ln -s $(DESTDIR)/$(bindir)/`echo lrz |sed -e '$(transform)'` \
+ 		$(DESTDIR)/$(bindir)/`echo lrx |sed -e '$(transform)'` 
+ #	rm -f $(bindir)/`echo lrzszbug | sed -e '$(transform)'`
+ #	ln $(bindir)/`echo lrzszbug |sed -e '$(transform)'` \
diff --git a/srcpkgs/lrzsz/template b/srcpkgs/lrzsz/template
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..757cea6ed0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/lrzsz/template
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# Template build file for 'lrzsz'.
+pkgname=lrzsz
+version=0.12.20
+patch_args="-Np0"
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-configure
+short_desc="unix communication package providing the XMODEM, YMODEM ZMODEM file transfer protocols"
+maintainer="pancake <pancake@nopcode.org>"
+license="GPL-3"
+homepage="http://ohse.de/uwe/software/lrzsz.html"
+distfiles="http://ohse.de/uwe/releases/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
+checksum=c28b36b14bddb014d9e9c97c52459852f97bd405f89113f30bee45ed92728ff1