diff --git a/srcpkgs/tint2/patches/add-power-now-support.patch b/srcpkgs/tint2/patches/add-power-now-support.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7f172af7bed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/tint2/patches/add-power-now-support.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+--- src/battery/battery.c	2010-12-02 23:56:11.313403140 +0100
++++ src/battery/battery.c	2010-12-02 23:57:22.266956142 +0100
+@@ -184,8 +184,14 @@ void init_battery()
+ 		}
+ 		g_free(path2);
+ 	}
+-	if (path_energy_now && path_energy_full) {
++
++	path_current_now = g_build_filename(battery_dir, "power_now", NULL);
++	if (!g_file_test (path_current_now, G_FILE_TEST_EXISTS)) {
++		g_free(path_current_now);
+ 		path_current_now = g_build_filename(battery_dir, "current_now", NULL);
++	}
++
++	if (path_energy_now && path_energy_full) {
+ 		path_status = g_build_filename(battery_dir, "status", NULL);
+ 
+ 		// check file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/tint2/template b/srcpkgs/tint2/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2457037c5ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/tint2/template
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# Template file for 'tint2'
+pkgname=tint2
+version=0.11
+revision=1
+build_style=cmake
+hostmakedepends="cmake pkg-config"
+makedepends="libXcomposite-devel libXinerama-devel libXrandr-devel gtk+-devel imlib2-devel desktop-file-utils"
+short_desc="A basic, good-looking task manager for WMs"
+maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
+license="GPL-2"
+homepage="http://code.google.com/p/tint2/"
+distfiles="http://$pkgname.googlecode.com/files/$pkgname-${version}.tar.bz2"
+checksum=fe106e6a6057d2631abddde9f82d3fd4fb1985c4fb93f10d3886417a9e22471d
+
+tint2_package() {
+	depends="desktop-file-utils"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr
+	}
+}