diff --git a/srcpkgs/cargo-auditable-bootstrap/template b/srcpkgs/cargo-auditable-bootstrap/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..21ec5a7f966
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/cargo-auditable-bootstrap/template
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# Template file for 'cargo-auditable-bootstrap'
+# Keep synced with cargo-auditable
+pkgname=cargo-auditable-bootstrap
+version=0.5.2
+revision=1
+wrksrc=cargo-auditable-${version}
+build_wrksrc=cargo-auditable
+build_style=cargo
+# Required for bootstrapping purposes
+make_cmd=cargo
+short_desc="Bootstrap package for cargo-auditable"
+maintainer="Jan Christian Grünhage <jan.christian@gruenhage.xyz>"
+license="MIT,Apache-2.0"
+homepage="https://github.com/rust-secure-code/cargo-auditable"
+distfiles="https://github.com/rust-secure-code/cargo-auditable/archive/refs/tags/v${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=fee70e8d2354e47eba1fed767430c12423c2a93c37307ae4c7d977c7693b88dd
+
+post_install() {
+	vlicense ../LICENSE-MIT
+}