diff --git a/Manual.md b/Manual.md
index 1b2ef60b9fd..0323de66104 100644
--- a/Manual.md
+++ b/Manual.md
@@ -392,6 +392,8 @@ can be passed in via `configure_args`.
 - `configure` For packages that use non-GNU configure scripts, at least `--prefix=/usr`
 should be passed in via `configure_args`.
 
+- `fetch` For packages that only fetch files and are installed as is via `do_install()`.
+
 - `gnu-configure` For packages that use GNU configure scripts, additional configuration
 arguments can be passed in via `configure_args`.
 
diff --git a/common/build_style/fetch.sh b/common/build_style/fetch.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..66e75bf3e8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/build_style/fetch.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# fetch build_style: fetches and copies files to ${wrksrc}.
+
+do_extract() {
+	mkdir -p ${wrksrc}
+	for f in ${distfiles}; do
+		curfile=$(basename "${f#*>}")
+		cp ${XBPS_SRCDISTDIR}/${pkgname}-${version}/${curfile} ${wrksrc}/${curfile}
+	done
+}