diff --git a/srcpkgs/sslh/files/sslh/run b/srcpkgs/sslh/files/sslh/run
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..916d84a45ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/sslh/files/sslh/run
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+exec sslh -f -u nobody -F /etc/sslh.cfg
diff --git a/srcpkgs/sslh/template b/srcpkgs/sslh/template
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index 00000000000..f372313cede
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/sslh/template
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# Template file for 'sslh'
+pkgname=sslh
+version=1.17
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-makefile
+makedepends="libconfig-devel libcap-devel perl"
+short_desc="Applicative Protocol Multiplexer"
+maintainer="Markus Berger <pulux@pf4sh.de>"
+license="GPL-2"
+homepage="http://www.rutschle.net/tech/sslh"
+distfiles="https://github.com/yrutschle/sslh/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=b557c3bf75289d203353c25d92e34549a22f64510c48f7748c1c027748d51ad1
+
+
+pre_build() {
+	sed -i 's|^MAN=sslh.8.gz|MAN=sslh.8|g' Makefile
+	sed -i 's|sbin|bin|g' Makefile
+	sed -i 's|sslh.pod \| gzip -9 - > $(MAN)|sslh.pod > $(MAN)|g' Makefile
+}
+
+post_install() {
+	vman sslh.8
+	vsv sslh
+	for f in *.cfg; do
+		vdoc ${f}
+	done
+	vdoc README.md
+}