diff --git a/srcpkgs/smlfmt/patches/destdir.patch b/srcpkgs/smlfmt/patches/destdir.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..51c78706f6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/smlfmt/patches/destdir.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
+index 8a8ba9f..85c4303 100644
+--- a/Makefile
++++ b/Makefile
+@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ demo.dbg: $(SOURCES)
+ 
+ .PHONY: install
+ install: smlfmt
+-	install -d $(PREFIX)/bin/
+-	install -m 755 smlfmt ${PREFIX}/bin/
++	install -d $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin/
++	install -m 755 smlfmt $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin/
+ 
+ .PHONY: clean
+ clean:
diff --git a/srcpkgs/smlfmt/template b/srcpkgs/smlfmt/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e05cbd968b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/smlfmt/template
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# Template file for 'smlfmt'
+pkgname=smlfmt
+version=1.1.0
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-makefile
+hostmakedepends="mlton"
+short_desc="Custom parser and code formatter for Standard ML"
+maintainer="ii8 <murray.calavera@protonmail.com>"
+license="MIT"
+homepage="https://github.com/shwestrick/smlfmt"
+distfiles="https://github.com/shwestrick/smlfmt/archive/refs/tags/v${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=ca957b3a72615d292443742a1b155d180d963e1c4e17d4d2644af4fb53be627f
+nocross=yes
+
+post_install() {
+	vlicense LICENSE
+}