diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index 2d14df4b470..80ec5a8d455 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -3373,3 +3373,4 @@ libzck.so.1 zchunk-1.0.2_2
 librec.so.1 librec1-1.8_1
 libfixposix.so.3 libfixposix-0.4.3_1
 libgerv.so.1 gerbv-2.6.2_1
+libupstart.so.1 libupstart-1.13.3_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libupstart b/srcpkgs/libupstart
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..9535367201c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libupstart
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+startup
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libupstart-devel b/srcpkgs/libupstart-devel
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..9535367201c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libupstart-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+startup
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/startup-bridge-udev b/srcpkgs/startup-bridge-udev
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..9535367201c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/startup-bridge-udev
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+startup
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/startup-tools b/srcpkgs/startup-tools
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..9535367201c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/startup-tools
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+startup
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/startup/template b/srcpkgs/startup/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3c9a9a34232
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/startup/template
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+# Template file for 'startup'
+pkgname=startup
+version=1.13.3
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-configure
+configure_args="--disable-sysvcompat --disable-dconf-bridge --disable-cgroups"
+conf_files="
+ /etc/init/bridge-dbus.conf
+ /etc/init/bridge-file.conf
+ /etc/init/bridge-socket.conf"
+make_dirs="/var/log/upstart 0750 root adm"
+hostmakedepends="autoconf automake libtool pkg-config gettext-devel nih-devel"
+makedepends="libnih-devel eudev-libudev-devel dbus-devel json-c-devel"
+checkdepends="python3 dbus"
+short_desc="Event driven task and service manager"
+maintainer="Cameron Nemo <camerontnorman@gmail.com>"
+license="GPL-2.0-only"
+homepage="https://gitlab.com/chinstrap/startup/startup"
+changelog="${homepage}/raw/master/NEWS"
+distfiles="${homepage}/-/archive/${version}/startup-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=b63de554d039db6cc920a50a4d38f83529c362ef725dece557247524a84d78ae
+
+pre_configure() {
+	autoreconf -fi
+}
+
+post_install() {
+	rm -f -- "${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/libupstart.la"
+}
+
+startup-tools_package() {
+	noarch=yes
+	depends="${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision} python3-dbus python3-gobject"
+	short_desc+=" - monitoring and analysis tools"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/bin/initctl2dot
+		vmove usr/bin/startup-monitor
+		vmove usr/share/icons
+		vmove usr/share/startup/icons
+		vmove usr/share/applications/startup-monitor.desktop
+		vmove usr/share/man/man8/startup-monitor.8
+	}
+}
+
+startup-bridge-udev_package() {
+	conf_files="/etc/init/bridge-udev.conf"
+	depends="${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
+	short_desc+=" - udev event bridge"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/libexec/startup/bridge/udev
+		vmove etc/init/bridge-udev.conf
+		vmove usr/share/upstart/sessions/bridge-udev.conf
+		vmove "usr/share/man/man7/*-added.7"
+		vmove "usr/share/man/man7/*-removed.7"
+		vmove usr/share/man/man8/startup-udev-bridge.8
+	}
+}
+
+libupstart_package() {
+	short_desc+=" - library"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove "usr/lib/libupstart.so.*"
+	}
+}
+
+libupstart-devel_package() {
+	depends="libupstart>=${version}_${revision}"
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/include
+		vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.a"
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.so"
+	}
+}