diff --git a/srcpkgs/containerd/files/containerd/run b/srcpkgs/containerd/files/containerd/run
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index 00000000000..92738de8099
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/containerd/files/containerd/run
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+env modeprobe overlay
+exec containerd
diff --git a/srcpkgs/containerd/template b/srcpkgs/containerd/template
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+++ b/srcpkgs/containerd/template
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+# Template file for 'containerd'
+pkgname=containerd
+version=1.0.2
+revision=1
+_subver="rc.1"
+_ver="$version-$_subver"
+build_style=go
+go_import_path=github.com/containerd/containerd
+wrksrc="$pkgname-$_ver"
+hostmakedepends="git go"
+makedepends="libbtrfs-devel"
+depends="runc"
+short_desc="An open and reliable container runtime"
+maintainer="Paul Knopf <pauldotknopf@gmail.com>"
+license="Apache-2.0"
+homepage="https://github.com/containerd/containerd"
+distfiles="https://github.com/containerd/containerd/archive/v${_ver}.tar.gz"
+checksum=abece915b8017fa9de9afc1139a6adfbb829f192c707a6a8e13f17f17bb2c602
+make_dirs="/var/lib/containerd 0755 root root"
+
+do_build() {
+	cd ${GOSRCPATH}
+	make
+}
+
+do_install() {
+	vsv containerd
+	cd ${GOSRCPATH}
+	make install DESTDIR=${DESTDIR}/usr/
+}