diff --git a/srcpkgs/dht-node/files/dht-node/run b/srcpkgs/dht-node/files/dht-node/run
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..13aeb58e544
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/dht-node/files/dht-node/run
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+exec 2>&1
+exec chpst -u nobody dht-node -many 1 -mem
diff --git a/srcpkgs/dht-node/template b/srcpkgs/dht-node/template
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index 00000000000..4c53a7a85ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/dht-node/template
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# Template file for 'dht-node'
+pkgname=dht-node
+version=0.1.0
+revision=1
+build_style=go
+go_import_path="github.com/ipfs/dht-node"
+go_build_tags="netgo"
+hostmakedepends="git"
+short_desc="IPFS dht node"
+maintainer="lemmi <lemmi@nerd2nerd.org>"
+license="MIT"
+homepage="http://github.com/ipfs/dht-node"
+distfiles="https://github.com/ipfs/dht-node/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=2f6fd9091d5727fdba5c9defa2a57b27c723cdad732e24580d79635f86b84575
+
+post_install() {
+	vlicense LICENSE
+	vsv dht-node
+}