diff --git a/srcpkgs/lxd-lts/INSTALL.msg b/srcpkgs/lxd-lts/INSTALL.msg
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..082eea4c78a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/lxd-lts/INSTALL.msg
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+Add sub{u,g}ids for root to create unprivileged containers:
+
+	$ echo "root:1000000:65536" | sudo tee -a /etc/subuid /etc/subgid
+
+Start lxd service:
+
+	$ sudo ln -s /etc/sv/lxd /var/service
+
+Run LXD initialization:
+
+	$ sudo lxd init
+
+To use lxd client your user must be added to the 'lxd' group:
+
+	$ sudo usermod -aG lxd <username>
diff --git a/srcpkgs/lxd-lts/files/lxd/run b/srcpkgs/lxd-lts/files/lxd/run
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..147eb64e74d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/lxd-lts/files/lxd/run
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+#!/bin/sh
+_systemd_cgrp="/sys/fs/cgroup/systemd"
+if [ ! -d ${_systemd_cgrp} ]; then
+	mkdir ${_systemd_cgrp}
+fi
+if ! mountpoint -q "${_systemd_cgrp}"; then
+	mount -t cgroup -o none,name=systemd cgroup ${_systemd_cgrp}
+fi
+exec lxd --group lxd 2>&1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/lxd-lts/template b/srcpkgs/lxd-lts/template
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+++ b/srcpkgs/lxd-lts/template
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+# Template file for 'lxd-lts'
+pkgname=lxd-lts
+version=3.0.3
+revision=1
+wrksrc="lxd-$version"
+build_style=go
+go_import_path="github.com/lxc/lxd"
+go_build_tags="libsqlite3"
+go_package="${go_import_path}/lxd ${go_import_path}/lxc
+ ${go_import_path}/lxd-p2c ${go_import_path}/fuidshift"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
+makedepends="lxc-devel acl-devel dqlite-devel"
+depends="lxc acl acl-progs rsync squashfs-tools xz dnsmasq iptables"
+short_desc="Next generation system container manager (long term support channel)"
+maintainer="Cameron Nemo <camerontnorman@gmail.com>"
+license="Apache-2.0"
+homepage="https://linuxcontainers.org/lxd"
+distfiles="https://linuxcontainers.org/downloads/lxd/${wrksrc}.tar.gz"
+checksum=55b4ae1844e95ad8c283a22ac6c2f661fddedf17fd39d1fdbe60f07895986453
+conflicts="lxd"
+provides="lxd-${version}_${revision}"
+system_groups="lxd"
+
+do_configure() {
+	# the LXD tarball packages up the required dependencies
+	ln -s "$wrksrc/dist" "$GOPATH"
+}
+
+do_build() {
+	# don't go-get the dependencies, just install with what's there
+	cd "$GOSRCPATH"
+	go_package=${go_package:-$go_import_path}
+	go install -tags "${go_build_tags}" -ldflags "${go_ldflags}" ${go_package}
+}
+
+post_install() {
+	vinstall scripts/bash/lxd-client 644 /usr/share/bash-completion/completions lxd
+	vlicense COPYING LICENSE
+	vsv lxd
+}