diff --git a/srcpkgs/bird/files/bird/run b/srcpkgs/bird/files/bird/run
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index 00000000000..5d764b554c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/bird/files/bird/run
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+exec bird ${OPTS:=-c /etc/bird.conf -f}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/bird/template b/srcpkgs/bird/template
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+++ b/srcpkgs/bird/template
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+# Template file for 'bird'
+
+pkgname=bird
+version=1.5.0
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-configure
+short_desc="The BIRD Internet Routing Daemon"
+maintainer="Philipp Hirsch <itself@hanspolo.net>"
+license="GPL-3"
+homepage="http://bird.network.cz"
+distfiles="ftp://bird.network.cz/pub/$pkgname/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
+hostmakedepends="flex"
+makedepends="ncurses-devel readline-devel"
+conf_files="/etc/bird.conf"
+checksum=79d5c4254e25f5890626830ca42aae03735716bdf152ddd8368473d2b3c17b5d
+
+post_install() {
+	vsv bird
+}