diff --git a/srcpkgs/endless-sky/patches/paths.patch b/srcpkgs/endless-sky/patches/paths.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cf765e07cf9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/endless-sky/patches/paths.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+--- SConstruct.old	2017-12-06 12:54:20.524502000 -0800
++++ SConstruct	2017-12-12 12:39:21.764384877 -0800
+@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
+ 	env.Append(LINKFLAGS = ["-static-libstdc++"])
+ 
+ opts = Variables()
+-opts.Add(PathVariable("PREFIX", "Directory to install under", "/usr/local", PathVariable.PathIsDirCreate))
++opts.Add(PathVariable("PREFIX", "Directory to install under", "/usr", PathVariable.PathIsDirCreate))
+ opts.Add(PathVariable("DESTDIR", "Destination root directory", "", PathVariable.PathAccept))
+ opts.Add(EnumVariable("mode", "Compilation mode", "release", allowed_values=("release", "debug", "profile")))
+ opts.Update(env)
+@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
+ 
+ 
+ # Install the binary:
+-env.Install("$DESTDIR$PREFIX/games", sky)
++env.Install("$DESTDIR$PREFIX/bin", sky)
+ 
+ # Install the desktop file:
+ env.Install("$DESTDIR$PREFIX/share/applications", "endless-sky.desktop")
diff --git a/srcpkgs/endless-sky/template b/srcpkgs/endless-sky/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ff686b19d98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/endless-sky/template
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# Template file for 'endless-sky'
+pkgname=endless-sky
+version=0.9.8
+revision=1
+build_style=scons
+hostmakedepends="scons"
+makedepends="SDL2-devel glew-devel libjpeg-turbo-devel libmad-devel
+ libopenal-devel libpng-devel"
+short_desc="Space exploring, trading, and combat game"
+maintainer="CoolOhm <micvlas@gmail.com>"
+homepage="http://endless-sky.github.io/"
+license="GPL-3"
+distfiles="https://github.com/endless-sky/endless-sky/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=69078c67656709646deb0c46fd960aa905601c23bb47c1696b0962ae8dff6d1e