diff --git a/srcpkgs/gitlab-runner/files/gitlab-runner/run b/srcpkgs/gitlab-runner/files/gitlab-runner/run
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index 00000000000..5a137b78d9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/gitlab-runner/files/gitlab-runner/run
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+exec gitlab-runner run
diff --git a/srcpkgs/gitlab-runner/template b/srcpkgs/gitlab-runner/template
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+++ b/srcpkgs/gitlab-runner/template
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+# Template file for 'gitlab-runner'
+pkgname=gitlab-runner
+version=11.8.0
+revision=1
+wrksrc="${pkgname}-v${version}"
+build_style=go
+go_import_path=gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner
+short_desc="Official GitLab CI runner written in Go"
+maintainer="Christian Poulwey <christian.poulwey@t-online.de>"
+license="MIT"
+homepage="https://docs.gitlab.com/runner/"
+distfiles="https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/-/archive/v${version}/gitlab-runner-v${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=b334e446c996441937b8f2f5b995da2687f9b52c29fb87ba76a9ae4a9614b68a
+
+post_install() {
+	vsv gitlab-runner
+	vlicense ${wrksrc}/LICENSE
+}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/gitlab-runner/update b/srcpkgs/gitlab-runner/update
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index 00000000000..c846b50c8c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/gitlab-runner/update
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+site="https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/tags"
+pattern="<a class=\"item-title ref-name prepend-left-4\" href=\".*\">v\K.*(?=</a>)"
+ignore="*rc*"