diff --git a/srcpkgs/valkey-redis b/srcpkgs/valkey-redis
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..59d070a5166
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/valkey-redis
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+valkey
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/valkey/files/valkey-sentinel/run b/srcpkgs/valkey/files/valkey-sentinel/run
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fbe6afb589d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/valkey/files/valkey-sentinel/run
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+exec 2>&1
+install -d -m0750 -o _valkey -g _valkey /run/valkey
+exec chpst -u _valkey:_valkey valkey-sentinel /etc/valkey/sentinel.conf
diff --git a/srcpkgs/valkey/files/valkey/run b/srcpkgs/valkey/files/valkey/run
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5cb531e30e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/valkey/files/valkey/run
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+exec 2>&1
+install -d -m0750 -o _valkey -g _valkey /run/valkey
+exec chpst -u _valkey:_valkey valkey-server /etc/valkey/valkey.conf
diff --git a/srcpkgs/valkey/patches/system-jemalloc.patch b/srcpkgs/valkey/patches/system-jemalloc.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7597a7e49b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/valkey/patches/system-jemalloc.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+diff --git a/src/Makefile b/src/Makefile
+index 3bc9f11c0..a4b23d986 100644
+--- a/src/Makefile
++++ b/src/Makefile
+@@ -229,8 +229,8 @@ endif
+ 
+ ifeq ($(MALLOC),jemalloc)
+ 	DEPENDENCY_TARGETS+= jemalloc
+-	FINAL_CFLAGS+= -DUSE_JEMALLOC -I../deps/jemalloc/include
+-	FINAL_LIBS := ../deps/jemalloc/lib/libjemalloc.a $(FINAL_LIBS)
++	FINAL_CFLAGS+= -DUSE_JEMALLOC -DJEMALLOC_NO_DEMANGLE -I/usr/include/jemalloc
++	FINAL_LIBS := -ljemalloc $(FINAL_LIBS)
+ endif
+ 
+ ifeq ($(BUILD_TLS),yes)
diff --git a/srcpkgs/valkey/template b/srcpkgs/valkey/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ca494b0bf54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/valkey/template
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+# Template file for 'valkey'
+pkgname=valkey
+version=8.0.1
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-makefile
+make_build_args="V=1 BUILD_TLS=yes"
+make_check_target="test"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config which"
+makedepends="openssl-devel"
+checkdepends="tcl procps-ng"
+short_desc="Flexible distributed key-value datastore"
+maintainer="classabbyamp <void@placeviolette.net>"
+license="BSD-3-Clause"
+homepage="https://valkey.io"
+changelog="https://github.com/valkey-io/valkey/releases"
+distfiles="https://github.com/valkey-io/valkey/archive/refs/tags/${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=1e1d6dfbed2f932a87afbc7402be050a73974a9b19a9116897e537a6638e5e1d
+
+system_accounts="_valkey"
+_valkey_homedir="/var/lib/valkey"
+
+conf_files="/etc/valkey/valkey.conf
+ /etc/valkey/sentinel.conf"
+make_dirs="/var/lib/valkey 0700 _valkey _valkey
+ /etc/valkey 0750 root _valkey"
+
+if [ "$XBPS_TARGET_LIBC" = "musl" ]; then
+	make_build_args+=" MALLOC=libc"
+else
+	makedepends+=" jemalloc-devel"
+	make_build_args+=" MALLOC=jemalloc"
+fi
+
+post_patch() {
+	vsed -i \
+		-e "s|^dir .*|dir ${_valkey_homedir}|" \
+		-e "s|^pidfile .*|pidfile /run/valkey/valkey.pid|" valkey.conf
+	vsed -i \
+		-e "s|^dir .*|dir ${_valkey_homedir}|" \
+		-e "s|^pidfile .*|pidfile /run/valkey/sentinel.pid|" sentinel.conf
+}
+
+do_install() {
+	make INSTALL_BIN=${DESTDIR}/usr/bin PREFIX=/usr install
+	vlicense COPYING
+	vinstall valkey.conf 644 etc/valkey
+	vinstall sentinel.conf 644 etc/valkey
+	vsv valkey
+	vsv valkey-sentinel
+}
+
+valkey-redis_package() {
+	short_desc+=" - redis compatibility links"
+	depends="${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
+	conflicts="redis>=0"
+	replaces="redis>=0"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/bin/redis-*
+	}
+}