diff --git a/srcpkgs/libsensors b/srcpkgs/libsensors
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..c5a7c463a24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libsensors
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+lm-sensors
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diff --git a/srcpkgs/libsensors-devel b/srcpkgs/libsensors-devel
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..c5a7c463a24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libsensors-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+lm-sensors
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diff --git a/srcpkgs/lm-sensors/depends b/srcpkgs/lm-sensors/depends
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cf0780b65ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/lm-sensors/depends
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+abi_depends=">=3.1.1"
+api_depends="${abi_depends}"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/lm-sensors/libsensors-devel.template b/srcpkgs/lm-sensors/libsensors-devel.template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b6087f02eb5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/lm-sensors/libsensors-devel.template
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# Template file for 'libsensors-devel'.
+#
+short_desc="lm-sensors development kit"
+long_desc="${long_desc}
+
+ This package contains the static library and header files used in
+ development."
+
+Add_dependency run glibc-devel
+Add_dependency run libsensors
+
+do_install()
+{
+	mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/man
+	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/include ${DESTDIR}/usr
+	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/lib/*.*a ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib
+	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/lib/*.so ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib
+	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/share/man/man3 ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/man
+}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/lm-sensors/libsensors.template b/srcpkgs/lm-sensors/libsensors.template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..88808b78b67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/lm-sensors/libsensors.template
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# Template file for 'libsensors'.
+#
+short_desc="Library to read temperature/voltage/fan sensors"
+long_desc="${long_desc}
+
+ This package contains a shared library for querying lm-sensors."
+
+Add_dependency run glibc
+
+do_install()
+{
+	mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib
+	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/lib/*.so.* ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib
+}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/lm-sensors/patches/sensors_detect_disable_sysconfig.diff b/srcpkgs/lm-sensors/patches/sensors_detect_disable_sysconfig.diff
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9010b888ed8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/lm-sensors/patches/sensors_detect_disable_sysconfig.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+--- prog/detect/sensors-detect.orig	2010-01-12 17:07:22.231802699 +0100
++++ prog/detect/sensors-detect	2010-01-12 17:12:34.880680773 +0100
+@@ -5421,9 +5421,8 @@ sub write_config
+ {
+ 	my ($configfile, $bus_modules, $hwmon_modules) = @_;
+ 
+-	if (defined $configfile) {
+ 		my $have_modprobe_d = -d '/etc/modprobe.d';
+-		printf "Do you want to \%s /etc/modprobe.d/lm_sensors? (\%s): ",
++	printf "Do you want to \%s /etc/modprobe.d/lm_sensors.conf? (\%s): ",
+ 		       (-e '/etc/modprobe.d/lm_sensors' ? 'overwrite' : 'generate'),
+ 		       ($have_modprobe_d ? 'YES/no' : 'yes/NO');
+ 		$_ = <STDIN>;
+@@ -5432,97 +5431,25 @@ sub write_config
+ 				mkdir('/etc/modprobe.d', 0777)
+ 					or die "Sorry, can't create /etc/modprobe.d ($!)";
+ 			}
+-			open(local *MODPROBE_D, ">/etc/modprobe.d/lm_sensors")
+-				or die "Sorry, can't create /etc/modprobe.d/lm_sensors ($!)";
++		open(local *MODPROBE_D, ">/etc/modprobe.d/lm_sensors.conf")
++			or die "Sorry, can't create /etc/modprobe.d/lm_sensors.conf ($!)";
+ 			print MODPROBE_D "# Generated by sensors-detect on " . scalar localtime() . "\n";
+-			print MODPROBE_D $configfile;
+-			close(MODPROBE_D);
+-		} else {
+-			print "To make the sensors modules behave correctly, add these lines to\n".
+-			      "/etc/modprobe.conf:\n\n";
+-			print "#----cut here----\n".
+-			      $configfile.
+-			      "#----cut here----\n\n";
+-		}
+-	}
+-
+-	my $have_sysconfig = -d '/etc/sysconfig';
+-	printf "Do you want to \%s /etc/sysconfig/lm_sensors? (\%s): ",
+-	       (-e '/etc/sysconfig/lm_sensors' ? 'overwrite' : 'generate'),
+-	       ($have_sysconfig ? 'YES/no' : 'yes/NO');
+-	$_ = <STDIN>;
+-	if (($have_sysconfig and not m/^\s*n/i) or m/^\s*y/i) {
+-		unless ($have_sysconfig) {
+-			mkdir('/etc/sysconfig', 0777)
+-				or die "Sorry, can't create /etc/sysconfig ($!)";
+-		}
+-		open(local *SYSCONFIG, ">/etc/sysconfig/lm_sensors")
+-			or die "Sorry, can't create /etc/sysconfig/lm_sensors ($!)";
+-		print SYSCONFIG "# Generated by sensors-detect on " . scalar localtime() . "\n";
+-		print SYSCONFIG <<'EOT';
+-# This file is sourced by /etc/init.d/lm_sensors and defines the modules to
+-# be loaded/unloaded.
+-#
+-# The format of this file is a shell script that simply defines variables:
+-# HWMON_MODULES for hardware monitoring driver modules, and optionally
+-# BUS_MODULES for any required bus driver module (for example for I2C or SPI).
+-
+-EOT
+-		print SYSCONFIG "BUS_MODULES=\"", join(" ", @{$bus_modules}), "\"\n"
+-			if @{$bus_modules};
+-		print SYSCONFIG "HWMON_MODULES=\"", join(" ", @{$hwmon_modules}), "\"\n";
+-
+-		print SYSCONFIG <<'EOT';
+-
+-# For compatibility reasons, modules are also listed individually as variables
+-#    MODULE_0, MODULE_1, MODULE_2, etc.
+-# You should use BUS_MODULES and HWMON_MODULES instead if possible.
+-
+-EOT
+-		my $i = 0;
+-		foreach (@{$bus_modules}, @{$hwmon_modules}) {
+-			print SYSCONFIG "MODULE_$i=$_\n";
+-			$i++;
+-		}
+-		close(SYSCONFIG);
+-
+-		print "Copy prog/init/lm_sensors.init to /etc/init.d/lm_sensors\n".
+-		      "for initialization at boot time.\n"
+-			unless -f "/etc/init.d/lm_sensors";
+-
+-		if (-x "/sbin/insserv" && -f "/etc/init.d/lm_sensors") {
+-			system("/sbin/insserv", "/etc/init.d/lm_sensors");
+-		} elsif (-x "/sbin/chkconfig" && -f "/etc/init.d/lm_sensors") {
+-			system("/sbin/chkconfig", "lm_sensors", "on");
+-			if (-x "/sbin/service") {
+-				system("/sbin/service", "lm_sensors", "start");
+-			}
+-		} else {
+-			print "You should now start the lm_sensors service to load the required\n".
+-			      "kernel modules.\n\n";
+-		}
+-	} else {
+-		print "To load everything that is needed, add this to one of the system\n".
+-		      "initialization scripts (e.g. /etc/rc.d/rc.local):\n\n";
+-		print "#----cut here----\n";
++		print MODPROBE_D;
+ 		if (@{$bus_modules}) {
+-			print "# Adapter drivers\n";
+-			print "modprobe $_\n" foreach (@{$bus_modules});
++			print MODPROBE_D "# Adapter drivers\n";
++			print MODPROBE_D "modprobe $_\n" foreach (@{$bus_modules});
++		}
++		print MODPROBE_D "# Chip drivers\n";
++		print MODPROBE_D "modprobe $_\n" foreach (@{$hwmon_modules});
++		close(MODPROBE_D);
+ 		}
+-		print "# Chip drivers\n";
+-		print "modprobe $_\n" foreach (@{$hwmon_modules});
+-		print((-e '/usr/bin/sensors' ?
+-		       "/usr/bin/sensors -s\n" :
+-		       "/usr/local/bin/sensors -s\n").
+-		      "#----cut here----\n\n");
+ 
++	print "\n";
+ 		print "If you have some drivers built into your kernel, the list above will\n".
+ 		      "contain too many modules. Skip the appropriate ones! You really\n".
+ 		      "should try these commands right now to make sure everything is\n".
+ 		      "working properly. Monitoring programs won't work until the needed\n".
+ 		      "modules are loaded.\n\n";
+-	}
+-
+ }
+ 
+ sub main
diff --git a/srcpkgs/lm-sensors/template b/srcpkgs/lm-sensors/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a74eb73999c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/lm-sensors/template
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# Template file for 'lm-sensors'
+pkgname=lm-sensors
+version=3.1.1
+wrksrc="lm_sensors-${version}"
+distfiles="http://dl.lm-sensors.org/$pkgname/releases/lm_sensors-$version.tar.bz2"
+build_style=gnu_makefile
+make_build_target="all"
+make_install_args="PREFIX=/usr MANDIR=/usr/share/man"
+short_desc="Utilities to read temperature/voltage/fan sensors"
+maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
+checksum=d95a3f2a6526f4da2ae145b7bbf45d16f0fb17bfe0d2017c7e02964199d059ef
+long_desc="
+ $pkgname provides most complete hardware health monitoring support for
+ Linux, in the form of kernel drivers and a user-space library"
+
+conf_files="/etc/sensors3.conf"
+subpackages="libsensors libsensors-devel"
+
+Add_dependency run glibc
+Add_dependency run libsensors
+Add_dependency full perl
+Add_dependency build flex