diff --git a/srcpkgs/qed/template b/srcpkgs/qed/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..34f07383028
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/qed/template
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Template file for 'qed'
+pkgname=qed
+version=1.0.0
+revision=1
+wrksrc="QED-${version}"
+build_style=gnu-makefile
+short_desc="UTF-8/Unicode-aware port of Rob Pike's QED editor for Unix"
+maintainer="Leah Neukirchen <leah@vuxu.org>"
+license="Public Domain"  # Usenix Tape
+homepage="https://github.com/phonologus/QED"
+distfiles="https://github.com/phonologus/QED/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=3d816c35e1ec6d6fd9d5cc6724c4fe21ae6ae18b1c84a6fd041fe8f6fa4fd22a
+
+do_install() {
+	vbin qed
+	vman doc/qed.1
+	vman doc/qed-tutorial.1
+}