diff --git a/srcpkgs/rkt/files/rkt-gc b/srcpkgs/rkt/files/rkt-gc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3cdbb011601
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/rkt/files/rkt-gc
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+rkt gc --grace-period=24h
diff --git a/srcpkgs/rkt/files/rkt-metadata/run b/srcpkgs/rkt/files/rkt-metadata/run
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..af03ab826d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/rkt/files/rkt-metadata/run
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+exec rkt metadata-service
diff --git a/srcpkgs/rkt/template b/srcpkgs/rkt/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bf7f8ae0e54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/rkt/template
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+# Template file for 'rkt'
+pkgname=rkt
+version=1.0.0
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-configure
+hostmakedepends="automake wget cpio squashfs-tools bc gnupg git go"
+makedepends="acl-devel zlib-devel"
+short_desc="App Container runtime for Linux"
+maintainer="Andrea Brancaleoni <miwaxe@gmail.com>"
+license="Apache-2.0"
+homepage="https://github.com/coreos/rkt"
+distfiles="$homepage/archive/v$version.tar.gz"
+checksum=7e30b03fa51a34db095484c4b111c526e49bead4e33232e1b239090503d7ac97
+
+configure_args="--enable-tpm=no
+--with-stage1-flavors=fly
+--with-stage1-default-location=/usr/lib/rkt/stage1.aci"
+
+system_groups="rkt"
+
+nocross=yes
+
+only_for_archs="i686 x86_64 x86_64-musl" # there is a bug with squashfs in musl + it doesn't crosscompile
+
+make_dirs="
+/var/lib/rkt 2750 root rkt
+/var/lib/rkt/tmp 2750 root rkt
+/var/lib/rkt/cas 2770 root rkt
+/var/lib/rkt/cas/db 2770 root rkt
+/var/lib/rkt/cas/imagelocks 2770 root rkt
+/var/lib/rkt/cas/imageManifest 2770 root rkt
+/var/lib/rkt/cas/blob 2770 root rkt
+/var/lib/rkt/cas/tmp 2770 root rkt
+/var/lib/rkt/cas/tree 2700 root rkt
+/var/lib/rkt/cas/treestorelocks 2700 root rkt
+/var/lib/rkt/locks 2750 root rkt
+/var/lib/rkt/pods 2750 root rkt
+/var/lib/rkt/pods/embryo 2750 root rkt
+/var/lib/rkt/pods/prepare 2750 root rkt
+/var/lib/rkt/pods/prepared 2750 root rkt
+/var/lib/rkt/pods/run 2750 root rkt
+/var/lib/rkt/pods/exited-garbage 2750 root rkt
+/var/lib/rkt/pods/garbage 2750 root rkt"
+
+pre_configure() {
+	./autogen.sh
+}
+
+do_install() {
+	vsv rkt-metadata
+
+	vinstall dist/bash_completion/rkt.bash 644 usr/share/bash-completion/completions/rkt
+	vinstall ${FILESDIR}/rkt-gc 755 etc/cron.daily/rkt-gc
+
+	vbin build-${pkgname}-${version}/bin/rkt
+	vinstall build-${pkgname}-${version}/bin/stage1-fly.aci 644 usr/lib/rkt stage1.aci
+}