diff --git a/Manual.md b/Manual.md
index 7c79d04d3ae..26b7fb8bbe9 100644
--- a/Manual.md
+++ b/Manual.md
@@ -931,6 +931,9 @@ Environment variables for a specific `build_style` can be declared in a filename
 matching the `build_style` name, Example:
 
     `common/environment/build-style/gnu-configure.sh`
+    
+- `texmf` For texmf zip/tarballs that need to go into /usr/share/texmf-dist. Includes
+duplicates handling.
 
 <a id="build_helper"></a>
 ### build helper scripts
diff --git a/common/build-style/texmf.sh b/common/build-style/texmf.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..798d44e14d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/build-style/texmf.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+do_build() {
+	local f p
+	mkdir -p "build/usr/share/texmf-dist"
+	find . -maxdepth 1 -print -name "*.tar.xz" \
+		-exec bsdtar -C "build/usr/share/texmf-dist" -xf {} \;
+	cd "build/usr/share/texmf-dist/"
+	if [ -d "texmf-dist" ] ; then
+		rsync -ar texmf-dist/ ./
+		rm -rf texmf-dist/
+	fi
+	rm -f LICENSE*
+	while IFS=' ' read -r f p ; do
+		if [ "$p" = "$pkgname" ] && ! [ -e "$f" ]; then
+			msg_error "$pkgver: missing file $f\n"
+		elif [ "$p" != "$pkgname" ] && [ -e "$f" ]; then
+			echo "removed $f"
+			mkdir -p ../texlive/removed
+			echo "$f" >> ../texlive/removed/$pkgname.txt
+			rm -f "$f"
+		fi
+	done < "${XBPS_COMMONDIR}/environment/build-style/texmf/ownership.txt"
+}
+
+do_check() {
+	local f p exitcode=0
+	cd build
+	while read p; do
+		if [[ ${p%-*} =~ .*-bin$ ]] || [ "${p%-*}" = "$pkgname" ]; then
+			continue
+		fi
+		echo checking conflicts with ${p}...
+		while IFS= read -r f; do
+			if [ -e ".$f" ]; then
+				msg_red "both contain file $f\n"
+				exitcode=1
+			fi
+		done < <(xbps-query -Rf $p | sed 's/ -> .*//')
+	done < <(xbps-query -Rs texlive -p pkgver | cut -d : -f 1)
+	return $exitcode
+}
+
+do_install() {
+	vcopy build/usr .
+}
diff --git a/common/environment/build-style/texmf.sh b/common/environment/build-style/texmf.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..098b1b61c19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/environment/build-style/texmf.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# rsync isn't needed for everything but it's far easier to just put it here
+hostmakedepends+=" rsync"
+# python_version isn't needed for everything either
+python_version=3
+create_wrksrc=yes
diff --git a/common/environment/build-style/texmf/ownership.txt b/common/environment/build-style/texmf/ownership.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8feffa24b63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/environment/build-style/texmf/ownership.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,229 @@
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+dvips/base/special.pro texlive
+dvips/base/tex.pro texlive
+dvips/base/texc.pro texlive
+dvips/base/texps.pro texlive
+dvips/gsftopk/render.ps texlive
+dvips/xdvi/config.xdvi texlive
+fonts/cmap/dvipdfmx/EUC-UCS2 texlive
+fonts/enc/dvips/base/dvips-all.enc texlive
+fonts/map/dvipdfmx/cid-x.map texlive
+fonts/map/glyphlist/glyphlist.txt texlive
+fonts/map/glyphlist/pdfglyphlist.txt texlive
+psutils/paper.cfg texlive
+scripts/a2ping/a2ping.pl texlive
+scripts/accfonts/mkt1font texlive
+scripts/accfonts/vpl2ovp texlive
+scripts/accfonts/vpl2vpl texlive
+scripts/adhocfilelist/adhocfilelist.sh texlive
+scripts/arara/arara.sh texlive
+scripts/attachfile2/pdfatfi.pl texlive
+scripts/authorindex/authorindex texlive
+scripts/authorindex/authorindex texlive
+scripts/bib2gls/bib2gls.sh texlive
+scripts/bib2gls/convertgls2bib.sh texlive
+scripts/bibexport/bibexport.sh texlive
+scripts/bundledoc/arlatex texlive
+scripts/bundledoc/bundledoc texlive
+scripts/cachepic/cachepic.tlu texlive-pictures
+scripts/checkcites/checkcites.lua texlive
+scripts/checklistings/checklistings.sh texlive
+scripts/chklref/chklref.pl texlive
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+scripts/context/stubs/unix/mtxrunjit texlive
+scripts/context/stubs/unix/texexec texlive
+scripts/context/stubs/unix/texmfstart texlive
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+scripts/glossaries/makeglossaries texlive
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