diff --git a/srcpkgs/mon/patches/fix-long_long.patch b/srcpkgs/mon/patches/fix-long_long.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..78b541f23b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/mon/patches/fix-long_long.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+Size of long may be 32-bit and thus can't hold MS_YEAR.
+
+--- deps/ms.c	2013-12-01 18:34:08.000000000 +0100
++++ deps/ms.c	2015-09-09 22:47:16.476393763 +0200
+@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
+ milliseconds_to_string(long long ms) {
+   char *str = malloc(MS_MAX);
+   if (!str) return NULL;
+-  long div = 1;
++  long long div = 1;
+   char *fmt;
+ 
+   if (ms < MS_SEC) fmt = "%lldms";
+@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
+ 
+ char *
+ milliseconds_to_long_string(long long ms) {
+-  long div;
++  long long div;
+   char *name;
+ 
+   char *str = malloc(MS_MAX);
diff --git a/srcpkgs/mon/patches/fix-unused_result.patch b/srcpkgs/mon/patches/fix-unused_result.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..043ada8e5be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/mon/patches/fix-unused_result.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+Fix a minor warning about ignoring the result of write(2).
+
+--- src/mon.c	2013-12-01 18:34:08.000000000 +0100
++++ src/mon.c	2015-09-09 22:42:21.241394637 +0200
+@@ -112,7 +112,8 @@
+   snprintf(buf, 32, "%d", pid);
+   int fd = open(file, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT, S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR);
+   if (fd < 0) perror("open()");
+-  write(fd, buf, 32);
++  ssize_t wrote = write(fd, buf, 32);
++  if (wrote != 32) perror("write()");
+   close(fd);
+ }
+ 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/mon/template b/srcpkgs/mon/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..45183c7ed96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/mon/template
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# Template file for 'mon'
+pkgname=mon
+version=1.2.3
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-makefile
+short_desc="Simple single-process process monitoring program written in C"
+maintainer="Diogo Leal <diogo@diogoleal.com>"
+license="MIT"
+homepage="https://github.com/tj/mon"
+distfiles="https://github.com/tj/mon/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=978711a1d37ede3fc5a05c778a2365ee234b196a44b6c0c69078a6c459e686ac
+
+CFLAGS="-Ideps -std=c99 -D_GNU_SOURCE"
+
+do_install() {
+	vbin mon
+	vsconf example/on_error.sh
+	vsconf example/program.sh
+	vdoc Readme.md
+}