diff --git a/srcpkgs/rsync/files/rsyncd/run b/srcpkgs/rsync/files/rsyncd/run
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..de88e47d46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/rsync/files/rsyncd/run
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+[ ! -e /etc/rsyncd.conf ] && exit 1
+exec rsyncd --daemon --no-detach
diff --git a/srcpkgs/rsync/template b/srcpkgs/rsync/template
index 3ebc79e52b..bf71d5d0ab 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/rsync/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/rsync/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'rsync'
 pkgname=rsync
 version=3.1.1
-revision=1
+revision=2
 build_style=gnu-configure
 hostmakedepends="perl"
 makedepends="zlib-devel acl-devel popt-devel"
@@ -11,3 +11,7 @@ license="GPL-3"
 homepage="http://samba.anu.edu.au/rsync/"
 distfiles="http://www.samba.org/ftp/rsync/src/rsync-$version.tar.gz"
 checksum=7de4364fcf5fe42f3bdb514417f1c40d10bbca896abe7e7f2c581c6ea08a2621
+
+post_install() {
+	vsv rsyncd
+}