diff --git a/srcpkgs/i3status/INSTALL b/srcpkgs/i3status/INSTALL
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..181a1f459ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/i3status/INSTALL
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+case "${ACTION}" in
+post)
+	if [ -f usr/bin/i3status ]; then
+		setcap 'CAP_NET_ADMIN=ep' usr/bin/i3status
+	fi
+	;;
+esac
diff --git a/srcpkgs/i3status/i3status.rshlibs b/srcpkgs/i3status/i3status.rshlibs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5a94a4e0445
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/i3status/i3status.rshlibs
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+libconfuse.so.0
+libiw.so.29
+libasound.so.2
+libc.so.6
diff --git a/srcpkgs/i3status/template b/srcpkgs/i3status/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a2036488c1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/i3status/template
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# Template file for 'i3status'
+pkgname=i3status
+version=2.3
+homepage="http://i3wm.org/i3status"
+distfiles="${homepage}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.bz2"
+short_desc="Generates status bar to use with dzen2 or xmobar."
+maintainer="davehome <davehome@redthumb.info.tm>"
+license="BSD"
+checksum=552dac4649f4e142c88ad3c42faace1fc372515c1b9dd979ebca58d36fa4bb1a
+long_desc="
+ i3 is a tiling window manager, completely written from scratch. The target
+ platforms are GNU/Linux and BSD operating systems, our code is Free and Open
+ Source Software (FOSS) under the BSD license. i3 is primarily targeted at
+ advanced users and developers."
+
+conf_files="/etc/i3status.conf"
+
+Add_dependency run libcap-progs
+
+Add_dependency build asciidoc
+Add_dependency build confuse-devel
+Add_dependency build wireless_tools-devel
+Add_dependency build alsa-lib-devel
+
+do_build() {
+	make ${makejobs}
+}
+
+do_install() {
+	make ${makejobs} DESTDIR=${DESTDIR} install
+	vinstall LICENSE 644 usr/share/licenses/${pkgname}
+}