diff --git a/srcpkgs/dotool/files/dotoold/log/run b/srcpkgs/dotool/files/dotoold/log/run
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..762ba9e6cc2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/dotool/files/dotoold/log/run
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+exec vlogger -p daemon.info -t dotoold
diff --git a/srcpkgs/dotool/files/dotoold/run b/srcpkgs/dotool/files/dotoold/run
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..4f8205c123e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/dotool/files/dotoold/run
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+exec 2>&1
+exec chpst -u _dotoold:input dotoold
diff --git a/srcpkgs/dotool/template b/srcpkgs/dotool/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ab1c583b287
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/dotool/template
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# Template file for 'dotool'
+pkgname=dotool
+version=1.0
+revision=1
+build_style=go
+go_import_path="git.sr.ht/~geb/dotool"
+short_desc="Command to simulate input anywhere (X11, Wayland, TTYs)"
+maintainer="John Gebbie <me@johngebbie.com>"
+license="GPL-3.0-only"
+homepage="https://sr.ht/~geb/dotool"
+distfiles="https://git.sr.ht/~geb/dotool/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=b73097f0c7be22e318e8ee446aed8291693a7198d335a82ca624a5887fe8d16d
+system_accounts="_dotoold"
+
+post_install() {
+	vbin dotoolc
+	vbin dotoold
+	vsv dotoold
+	vinstall 80-dotool.rules 644 usr/lib/udev/rules.d
+}