diff --git a/srcpkgs/nginx/files/nginx.logrotate b/srcpkgs/nginx/files/nginx.logrotate
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d490d5d9b1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/nginx/files/nginx.logrotate
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+/var/log/nginx/*.log {
+	missingok
+	sharedscripts
+	compress
+	postrotate
+		test -r /var/run/nginx.pid && kill -USR1 `cat /var/run/nginx.pid`
+	endscript
+}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/nginx/files/nginx.service b/srcpkgs/nginx/files/nginx.service
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..78d0a492c4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/nginx/files/nginx.service
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=A high performance web server and a reverse proxy server
+
+[Service]
+Type=forking
+PIDFile=/run/nginx.pid
+ExecStartPre=/usr/sbin/nginx -t -q -g 'pid /run/nginx.pid; daemon on; master_process on;'
+ExecStart=/usr/sbin/nginx -g 'pid /run/nginx.pid; daemon on; master_process on;'
+ExecReload=/usr/sbin/nginx -g 'pid /run/nginx.pid; daemon on; master_process on;' -s reload
+ExecStop=/usr/sbin/nginx -g 'pid /run/nginx.pid;' -s quit
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/srcpkgs/nginx/nginx.rshlibs b/srcpkgs/nginx/nginx.rshlibs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..485cbafe748
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/nginx/nginx.rshlibs
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+libpthread.so.0
+libcrypt.so.1
+libpcre.so.1
+libssl.so.1
+libcrypto.so.1
+libdl.so.2
+libz.so.1
+libc.so.6
diff --git a/srcpkgs/nginx/template b/srcpkgs/nginx/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9fb77024419
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/nginx/template
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+# Template file for 'nginx'
+pkgname=nginx
+version=1.2.2
+revision=1
+makedepends="zlib-devel pcre-devel>=8.30 openssl-devel"
+short_desc="A high performance web server and a reverse proxy server"
+maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
+license="Simplified BSD"
+homepage="http://nginx.org"
+distfiles="http://nginx.org/download/nginx-$version.tar.gz"
+checksum=409477c7a9fba58c110a176fd7965b9db188bcf8be0e7f8a0731b8ae1e6ee880
+long_desc="
+ Sed, the GNU Stream Editor, copies the named files (standard input default)
+ to the standard output, edited according to a script of commands."
+
+conf_files="
+/etc/nginx/fastcgi.conf
+/etc/nginx/fastcgi_params
+/etc/nginx/koi-win
+/etc/nginx/koi-utf
+/etc/nginx/mime.types
+/etc/nginx/nginx.conf
+/etc/nginx/scgi_params
+/etc/nginx/uwsgi_params
+/etc/nginx/win-utf
+/etc/logrotate.d/nginx"
+
+system_accounts="nginx"
+nginx_homedir="/var/tmp/nginx"
+
+systemd_services="nginx.service on"
+
+make_dirs="
+/var/tmp 1777 root root
+/var/tmp/nginx 0750 root root"
+
+do_configure() {
+	local cfgdir=/etc/nginx
+	local tmpdir=/var/tmp/nginx
+
+	./configure --prefix=${cfgdir} \
+		--conf-path=${cfgdir}/nginx.conf \
+		--sbin-path=/usr/sbin/nginx \
+		--pid-path=/run/nginx.pid \
+		--lock-path=/var/lock/nginx.lock \
+		--user=nginx --group=nginx \
+		--http-log-path=/var/log/nginx/access.log \
+		--error-log-path=/var/log/nginx/error.log \
+		--http-client-body-temp-path=${tmpdir}/client-body \
+		--http-proxy-temp-path=${tmpdir}/proxy \
+		--http-fastcgi-temp-path=${tmpdir}/fastcgi \
+		--http-scgi-temp-path=${tmpdir}/scgi \
+		--http-uwsgi-temp-path=${tmpdir}/uwsgi \
+		--with-imap --with-imap_ssl_module \
+		--with-ipv6 --with-pcre-jit \
+		--with-file-aio \
+		--with-http_dav_module \
+		--with-http_gzip_static_module \
+		--with-http_realip_module \
+		--with-http_ssl_module \
+		--with-http_stub_status_module
+}
+
+do_build() {
+	make ${makejobs}
+}
+
+do_install() {
+	make DESTDIR=$DESTDIR install
+
+	vinstall ${FILESDIR}/nginx.logrotate 644 etc/logrotate.d nginx
+
+	sed -e 's|\<user\s\+\w\+;|user html;|g' \
+		-e '44s|html|/usr/share/nginx/html|' \
+		-e '54s|html|/usr/share/nginx/html|' \
+		-i $DESTDIR/etc/nginx/nginx.conf
+	rm $DESTDIR/etc/nginx/*.default
+
+	vmkdir usr/share/nginx
+	mv $DESTDIR/etc/nginx/html/ $DESTDIR/usr/share/nginx
+
+	vinstall ${FILESDIR}/nginx.service 644 usr/lib/systemd/system
+	vinstall LICENSE 644 usr/share/licenses/nginx
+}