diff --git a/srcpkgs/espeakup/files/espeakup/log/run b/srcpkgs/espeakup/files/espeakup/log/run
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..6d6f481c379
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/espeakup/files/espeakup/log/run
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+exec logger -p daemon.debug -t espeakup
diff --git a/srcpkgs/espeakup/files/espeakup/run b/srcpkgs/espeakup/files/espeakup/run
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e758d4b7b9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/espeakup/files/espeakup/run
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+exec 2>&1
+[ -r conf ] && . ./conf
+modprobe speakup_soft start=1 || exit 1
+exec espeakup -d ${OPTS}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/espeakup/template b/srcpkgs/espeakup/template
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index 00000000000..aa5e2036295
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/espeakup/template
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# Template file for 'espeakup'
+pkgname=espeakup
+version=0.80
+revision=1
+short_desc="A lightweight connector for espeak and speakup"
+maintainer="Rui Abreu Ferreira <raf-ep@gmx.com>"
+license="GPL-3"
+homepage="https://github.com/williamh/espeakup"
+distfiles="https://github.com/williamh/espeakup/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
+makedepends="libespeak-devel"
+checksum="4de284e30b6bdb0f9dee9c8ea02d13a3d20a61415b812338446b8b381e997ef4"
+build_style="gnu-makefile"
+
+post_install() {
+	vsv espeakup
+}