diff --git a/srcpkgs/rpmextract/files/rpm2cpio b/srcpkgs/rpmextract/files/rpm2cpio
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..a960609ed8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/rpmextract/files/rpm2cpio
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+pkg=$1
+if [ "$pkg" = "" -o ! -e "$pkg" ]; then
+  echo "no package supplied" 1>&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+leadsize=96
+o=`expr $leadsize + 8`
+set `od -j $o -N 8 -t u1 $pkg`
+il=`expr 256 \* \( 256 \* \( 256 \* $2 + $3 \) + $4 \) + $5`
+dl=`expr 256 \* \( 256 \* \( 256 \* $6 + $7 \) + $8 \) + $9`
+# echo "sig il: $il dl: $dl"
+
+sigsize=`expr 8 + 16 \* $il + $dl`
+o=`expr $o + $sigsize + \( 8 - \( $sigsize \% 8 \) \) \% 8 + 8`
+set `od -j $o -N 8 -t u1 $pkg`
+il=`expr 256 \* \( 256 \* \( 256 \* $2 + $3 \) + $4 \) + $5`
+dl=`expr 256 \* \( 256 \* \( 256 \* $6 + $7 \) + $8 \) + $9`
+# echo "hdr il: $il dl: $dl"
+
+hdrsize=`expr 8 + 16 \* $il + $dl`
+o=`expr $o + $hdrsize`
+
+dd if=$pkg ibs=$o skip=1 2>/dev/null
diff --git a/srcpkgs/rpmextract/files/rpmextract b/srcpkgs/rpmextract/files/rpmextract
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..c5efa88cf3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/rpmextract/files/rpmextract
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+if [ "$1" = "" -o ! -e "$1" ]; then
+    echo "no package supplied" 1>&2
+   exit 1
+fi
+rpm2cpio $1 | bsdtar -xf -
diff --git a/srcpkgs/rpmextract/template b/srcpkgs/rpmextract/template
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fd0ca2c89b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/rpmextract/template
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# Template file for 'rpmextract'
+pkgname=rpmextract
+version=1.0
+revision=1
+short_desc="Script to convert or extract RPM archives (contains rpm2cpio)"
+maintainer="Ypnose <linuxienATlegtuxDOTorg>"
+license="GPL"
+homepage="http://www.archlinux.org"
+
+nofetch=yes
+noextract=yes
+
+do_install() {
+	vinstall ${FILESDIR}/rpm2cpio 755 usr/bin
+	vinstall ${FILESDIR}/rpmextract 755 usr/bin
+}
+
+rpmextract_package() {
+	depends="bash bsdtar coreutils"
+	noarch="yes"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr
+	}
+}