diff --git a/srcpkgs/ferm/patches/mod_makefile.patch b/srcpkgs/ferm/patches/mod_makefile.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..92a67a34dd4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/ferm/patches/mod_makefile.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+--- Makefile.orig	2016-10-16 22:36:18.259994713 +0200
++++ Makefile	2016-10-16 22:44:28.558985932 +0200
+@@ -122,7 +122,6 @@
+ 	rm -rf $(DISTDIR)
+ 	install -d -m 755 $(DISTDIR) $(DISTDIR)/src $(DISTDIR)/doc $(DISTDIR)/examples
+ 	install -m 755 src/ferm src/import-ferm $(DISTDIR)/src
+-	install -m 644 ferm.service $(DISTDIR)
+ 	install -m 644 doc/ferm.pod doc/ferm.txt doc/ferm.html doc/ferm.1 doc/import-ferm.1 $(DISTDIR)/doc
+ 	install -m 644 config.mk Makefile AUTHORS COPYING NEWS README TODO $(DISTDIR)
+ 	install -m 644 $(wildcard examples/*.ferm) $(DISTDIR)/examples
+@@ -137,11 +136,10 @@
+ .PHONY: install uninstall
+ 
+ install: all
+-	install -d -m 755 $(DOCDIR)/examples $(PREFIX)/sbin $(SERVICEDIR)
++	install -d -m 755 $(DOCDIR)/examples $(PREFIX)/bin $(SERVICEDIR)
+ 	install -m 644 AUTHORS COPYING NEWS README TODO $(DOCDIR)
+ 	install -m 644 examples/*.ferm $(DOCDIR)/examples
+-	install -m 755 src/ferm src/import-ferm $(PREFIX)/sbin/
+-	install -m 644 ferm.service $(SERVICEDIR)
++	install -m 755 src/ferm src/import-ferm $(PREFIX)/bin/
+ 
+ 	install -d -m 755 $(DOCDIR) $(MANDIR)
+ 	install -m 644 doc/ferm.txt doc/ferm.html $(DOCDIR)
+@@ -151,8 +149,7 @@
+ uninstall:
+ 	rm -rf $(DOCDIR)
+ 	rm -f $(MANDIR)/ferm.1 $(MANDIR)/import-ferm.1
+-	rm -f $(SERVICEDIR)/ferm.service
+-	rm -f $(PREFIX)/sbin/ferm $(PREFIX)/sbin/import-ferm
++	rm -f $(PREFIX)/bin/ferm $(PREFIX)/bin/import-ferm
+ 
+ #
+ # misc targets
diff --git a/srcpkgs/ferm/template b/srcpkgs/ferm/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..12d46257046
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/ferm/template
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Template file for 'ferm'
+pkgname=ferm
+version=2.3.1
+revision=1
+hostmakedepends="perl"
+depends="perl iptables"
+noarch=yes
+short_desc="Frontend for iptables"
+maintainer="johannes <johannes.brechtmann@gmail.com>"
+license="GPL-2"
+homepage="http://ferm.foo-projects.org/"
+distfiles="http://ferm.foo-projects.org/download/2.3/ferm-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=8a5444e2844023798e5c681516253c1d3c948ad8aa3b93bd3ce8902945b38de9
+
+do_install() {
+	make install PREFIX=${DESTDIR}/usr
+}
+