diff --git a/srcpkgs/srain/patches/fix-cross.patch b/srcpkgs/srain/patches/fix-cross.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..05e640a4679
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/srain/patches/fix-cross.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+--- src/Makefile~	2020-03-15 17:22:29.077747681 +0100
++++ src/Makefile	2020-03-15 17:22:32.599747681 +0100
+@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@
+ # Complie C source codes and output object files to $(BUILD_DIR), then links
+ # them together to get a executable $(TARGET).
+ 
+-CC = gcc
++ifeq "$(origin CC)" "default"
++	CC = gcc
++endif
+ DEFS = -D PACKAGE='"$(PACKAGE)"' \
+ 	   -D PACKAGE_NAME='"$(PACKAGE_NAME)"' \
+ 	   -D PACKAGE_VERSION='"$(PACKAGE_VERSION)"' \
diff --git a/srcpkgs/srain/template b/srcpkgs/srain/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3679e2679e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/srain/template
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# Template file for 'srain'
+pkgname=srain
+version=1.0.1
+revision=1
+build_style=configure
+build_helper=gir
+configure_args="--prefix=/usr"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config gettext glib-devel"
+makedepends="glib-devel gtk+3-devel libconfig-devel libressl-devel libsecret-devel libsoup-devel"
+short_desc="Modern IRC client written in GTK"
+maintainer="avoidr <avoidr@firemail.cc>"
+license="GPL-3.0-only"
+homepage="https://srain.im/"
+distfiles="https://github.com/SrainApp/srain/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=104d0b56944b9eabed9ada7bbca28df4b0dedb972e67fa533079dcf5bde35254