diff --git a/srcpkgs/dendrite/files/dendrite-monolith-server/log/run b/srcpkgs/dendrite/files/dendrite-monolith-server/log/run
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..3a5b4a5860
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/dendrite/files/dendrite-monolith-server/log/run
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/usr/bin/vlogger
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/dendrite/files/dendrite-monolith-server/run b/srcpkgs/dendrite/files/dendrite-monolith-server/run
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..2fab17797c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/dendrite/files/dendrite-monolith-server/run
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+[ -r ./conf ] && . ./conf
+cd /var/lib/dendrite || exit 1
+exec 2>&1
+exec chpst -u _dendrite:_dendrite dendrite-monolith-server \
+	--config ${CONFIG_FILE:-/etc/dendrite/dendrite.yaml} ${OPTS}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/dendrite/template b/srcpkgs/dendrite/template
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5524eb1e5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/dendrite/template
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+# Template file for 'dendrite'
+pkgname=dendrite
+version=0.6.4
+revision=1
+build_style=go
+go_import_path="github.com/matrix-org/dendrite"
+go_package="./cmd/create-account ./cmd/dendrite-monolith-server
+ ./cmd/generate-config ./cmd/generate-keys"
+short_desc="Dendrite is a second-generation Matrix homeserver written in Go"
+maintainer="Joel Beckmeyer <joel@beckmeyer.us>"
+license="Apache-2.0"
+homepage="https://matrix.org/docs/projects/server/dendrite"
+changelog="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/matrix-org/dendrite/main/CHANGES.md"
+distfiles="https://github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=ec88d98c74393fdfc20586b11839c1d1250dd3083dce31c0a31b1b0d9020b7af
+
+system_accounts="_dendrite"
+_dendrite_homedir="/var/lib/dendrite"
+
+make_dirs="
+	/var/lib/dendrite 0700 _dendrite _dendrite
+	/var/log/dendrite 0755 _dendrite _dendrite
+	/etc/dendrite 0755 _dendrite _dendrite"
+
+pre_configure() {
+	vsed -e 's,\./logs,/var/log/dendrite,' \
+	 -e 's,: matrix_key.pem,: /etc/dendrite/matrix_key.pem,' \
+	 -i dendrite-config.yaml
+}
+
+post_install() {
+	vsconf dendrite-config.yaml dendrite.yaml
+	vsv dendrite-monolith-server
+
+	cd "${DESTDIR}"/usr/bin
+	mv create-account dendrite-create-account
+	mv generate-config dendrite-generate-config
+	mv generate-keys dendrite-generate-keys
+}