diff --git a/common/build-style/slashpackage.sh b/common/build-style/slashpackage.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9fc26d24623
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/build-style/slashpackage.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+#
+# This helper is for templates building slashpackage software.
+# http://cr.yp.to/slashpackage.html
+#
+# required variables
+#
+#   build_style=slashpackage
+#   wrksrc=<category>/${pkgname}-${version}
+#   distfiles=<download link>
+# 
+# example (daemontools)
+#
+# Template file for 'daemontools'
+# pkgname=daemontools
+# version=0.76
+# revision=1
+# wrksrc=admin/${pkgname}-${version}
+# build_style=gnu-makefile
+# short_desc="A collection of tools for managing UNIX services"
+# maintainer="bougyman <tj@geoforce.com>"
+# license="Public Domain"
+# homepage="http://cr.yp.to/daemontools.html"
+# distfiles="http://cr.yp.to/daemontools/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
+# checksum=a55535012b2be7a52dcd9eccabb9a198b13be50d0384143bd3b32b8710df4c1f
+# patch_args="-p1" # << important for most slashpackage patches
+
+
+do_build() {
+	package/compile
+}
+
+do_install() {
+	for command in command/*; do
+		vbin $command
+	done
+}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/daemontools/template b/srcpkgs/daemontools/template
index b0ab918c953..4552a6e2f4f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/daemontools/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/daemontools/template
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 # Template file for 'daemontools'
 pkgname=daemontools
 version=0.76
-revision=1
+revision=2
 wrksrc=admin/${pkgname}-${version}
-build_style=gnu-makefile
+build_style=slashpackage
 short_desc="A collection of tools for managing UNIX services"
 maintainer="bougyman <tj@geoforce.com>"
 license="Public Domain"
@@ -12,13 +12,3 @@ distfiles="http://cr.yp.to/daemontools/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=a55535012b2be7a52dcd9eccabb9a198b13be50d0384143bd3b32b8710df4c1f
 
 patch_args="-p1"
-
-do_build() {
-	package/compile
-}
-
-do_install() {
-	for command in command/*; do
-		vbin $command
-	done
-}