diff --git a/srcpkgs/rubber/files/setup.cfg b/srcpkgs/rubber/files/setup.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1700ea2cc55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/rubber/files/setup.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+[build]
+man = 1
+html = 0
+pdf = 0
+info = 0
+txt = 0
+[install]
+prefix = /usr
+mandir = /usr/share/man
diff --git a/srcpkgs/rubber/template b/srcpkgs/rubber/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5d4e34baa27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/rubber/template
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# Template file for 'rubber'
+pkgname=rubber
+version=1.4
+revision=1
+noarch=yes
+build_style=python2-module
+hostmakedepends="python python-devel"
+makedepends="python-devel"
+depends="python texlive-bin"
+pycompile_module="rubber"
+short_desc="LaTeX building tool"
+maintainer="Matteo Signer <matteo.signer@gmail.com>"
+license="GPL-2"
+homepage="http://launchpad.net/rubber"
+distfiles="http://launchpad.net/rubber/trunk/${version}/+download/rubber-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=824af6142a0e52804de2f80d571c0aade1d0297a7d359a5f1874acbb53c0f0b4
+
+pre_build() {
+	cp ${FILESDIR}/setup.cfg .
+}