diff --git a/srcpkgs/beard/files/beard/run b/srcpkgs/beard/files/beard/run
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..91fc4c7108f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/beard/files/beard/run
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+[ -r ./conf ] && . ./conf
+exec beard -H ${BEARD_HIBERNATE:=/usr/bin/zzz} $OPTS
diff --git a/srcpkgs/beard/template b/srcpkgs/beard/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..09eba1f1b19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/beard/template
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Template file for 'beard'
+pkgname=beard
+version=0.3
+revision=1
+noarch=yes
+short_desc="Simple hibernation daemon"
+maintainer="Samantha Baldwin <fuhsaz+void@cryptic.li>"
+license="Unlicense"
+homepage="https://github.com/ahills/beard"
+distfiles="$homepage/archive/v$version.tar.gz"
+checksum=00b6d3f62f20d2fa79b86c0260696fb0db9d75402a7444680672a12c16365b70
+
+do_install() {
+	vbin beard
+	vman beard.8
+	vlicense LICENSE
+	vsv beard
+}