diff --git a/srcpkgs/metalog/files/metalog/run b/srcpkgs/metalog/files/metalog/run
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..7b8e938970c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/metalog/files/metalog/run
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+exec 1>&2
+exec metalog -v
diff --git a/srcpkgs/metalog/template b/srcpkgs/metalog/template
index 3b65da43683..b3350b62898 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/metalog/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/metalog/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'metalog'
 pkgname=metalog
 version=3
-revision=1
+revision=2
 build_style=gnu-configure
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
 makedepends="pcre-devel"
@@ -12,3 +12,7 @@ license="GPL-2"
 homepage="http://metalog.sourceforge.net/"
 distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/$pkgname/$pkgname-$version.tar.xz"
 checksum=0c3a1e19008b3d525eab6e5548a4e8cbb0fb235f2804dc41aace82c67ceeebe0
+
+post_install() {
+	vsv metalog
+}