diff --git a/srcpkgs/netdata/INSTALL b/srcpkgs/netdata/INSTALL
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a3ad66fc5fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/netdata/INSTALL
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+case ${ACTION} in
+    post)
+	chown root:netdata usr/libexec/netdata/plugins.d/apps.plugin
+	chmod 4750 usr/libexec/netdata/plugins.d/apps.plugin
+	;;
+esac
diff --git a/srcpkgs/netdata/files/netdata/run b/srcpkgs/netdata/files/netdata/run
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..27c8d3adaed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/netdata/files/netdata/run
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+exec netdata -nd
diff --git a/srcpkgs/netdata/patches/crosstime.patch b/srcpkgs/netdata/patches/crosstime.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..318940d4e40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/netdata/patches/crosstime.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+--- src/log.h.orig	2016-04-24 21:25:30.134626548 -0500
++++ src/log.h	2016-04-24 21:26:22.579967475 -0500
+@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
+ #include <stdio.h>
+ #include <stdarg.h>
++#include <time.h>
+ 
+ #ifndef NETDATA_LOG_H
+ #define NETDATA_LOG_H 1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/netdata/template b/srcpkgs/netdata/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..75af0447f0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/netdata/template
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# Template file for 'netdata'
+pkgname=netdata
+version=1.1.0
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-configure
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
+makedepends="zlib-devel"
+system_accounts="netdata"
+conf_files="/etc/${pkgname}/*.conf"
+configure_args="--with-user=netdata --with-webroot=/usr/share/${pkgname}/webroot"
+short_desc="Real-time performance monitoring, done right"
+maintainer="Michael Aldridge <aldridge.mac@gmail.com>"
+license="GPL-3"
+homepage="http://netdata.firehol.org/"
+distfiles="http://firehol.org/download/netdata/releases/v${version}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=b1967cf2a9f2ddc5798c0576eb6861d3e5bac0665b50077ce784b671c1e55180
+
+post_install() {
+	vsv netdata
+}