diff --git a/srcpkgs/nbd/files/config b/srcpkgs/nbd/files/config
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..777f0ef245f
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+++ b/srcpkgs/nbd/files/config
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+[generic]
+	# The [generic] section is required, even if nothing is specified
+	# there.
+	# When either of these options are specified, nbd-server drops
+	# privileges to the given user and group after opening ports, but
+	# _before_ opening files.
+	user = nbd
+	group = nbd
+	# Since version 2.9.17, nbd-server will do exports on a name
+	# basis (the used name is the name of the section in which the
+	# export is specified). This however required an incompatible
+	# protocol change. To enable backwards-compatible port-based
+	# exports, uncomment the following line:
+	# oldstyle = true
+[export1]
+	exportname = /export/nbd/export1-file
+	# The following line will be ignored unless the 
+	# "oldstyle = true" line in the generic section above is
+	# enabled.
+	#port = 12345
+	authfile = /export/nbd/export1-authfile
+	timeout = 30
+	filesize = 10000000
+	readonly = false
+	multifile = false
+	copyonwrite = false
+	prerun = dd if=/dev/zero of=%s bs=1k count=500
+	postrun = rm -f %s
+[otherexport]
+	exportname = /export/nbd/experiment
+	# The other options are all optional, except this one in case
+	# the oldstyle option is used in [generic]:
+	# port = 12346
diff --git a/srcpkgs/nbd/files/nbd.service b/srcpkgs/nbd/files/nbd.service
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index 00000000000..3d580514cf9
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+++ b/srcpkgs/nbd/files/nbd.service
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+[Unit]
+Description=Network Block Device Server
+After=network.target
+
+[Service]
+Type=forking
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/nbd-server
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/srcpkgs/nbd/template b/srcpkgs/nbd/template
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+++ b/srcpkgs/nbd/template
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+# Template file for 'nbd'
+pkgname=nbd
+version=3.6
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-configure
+configure_args="--enable-syslog --sbindir=/usr/bin"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
+makedepends="glib-devel"
+system_accounts="nbd"
+conf_files="/etc/nbd-server/config"
+short_desc="Network Block Device utilities"
+maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
+license="GPL-2"
+homepage="http://nbd.sourceforge.net"
+distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/nbd/nbd-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=56a079fd6252e8efc88a2da16be8be50bf86740a6135747241c9cdbd75191bd5
+
+post_install() {
+	vinstall ${FILESDIR}/config 644 etc/nbd-server
+	vinstall ${FILESDIR}/nbd.service 644 usr/lib/systemd/system
+	vinstall README 644 usr/share/doc/nbd
+}