diff --git a/srcpkgs/sile/patches/lua.patch b/srcpkgs/sile/patches/lua.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fabc9e1c50e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/sile/patches/lua.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+--- sile.in	2016-06-09 10:57:37.000000000 +0000
++++ -	2018-06-21 20:22:13.514804438 +0000
+@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
+-#!@LUA@
++#!@LUA@@LUA_VERSION@
+ package.path = (os.getenv("SILE_PATH") and
+ os.getenv("SILE_PATH").."/?.lua" or "") .. ';?.lua;@SILE_PATH@/?.lua;@SILE_PATH@/lua-libraries/?.lua;@SILE_PATH@/lua-libraries/?/init.lua;lua-libraries/?.lua;lua-libraries/?/init.lua;' .. package.path
+ package.cpath = package.cpath .. ";core/?.@SHARED_LIB_EXT@;@SILE_LIB_PATH@/?.@SHARED_LIB_EXT@;"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/sile/template b/srcpkgs/sile/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f8d0d53e293
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/sile/template
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# Template file for 'sile'
+pkgname=sile
+version=0.9.4
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-configure
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
+makedepends="harfbuzz-devel lua51-devel lua51-lpeg luaexpat
+ lua51-zlib luafilesystem"
+depends="lua51-lpeg luaexpat lua51-zlib luafilesystem"
+short_desc="Modern typesetting system inspired by TeX"
+maintainer="John <johnz@posteo.net>"
+license="MIT"
+homepage="http://www.sile-typesetter.org/"
+distfiles="https://github.com/simoncozens/sile/releases/download/v${version}/sile-${version}.tar.bz2"
+checksum=1c696679e5243d0448705db86227eec57a000846f02a964f882b7978c46954d5
+
+if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
+	hostmakedepends+=" lua51 lua51-lpeg luaexpat lua51-zlib luafilesystem"
+fi
+
+post_extract() {
+	sed 's/rm -f core/rm -f/' -i configure
+}
+
+post_install() {
+	vlicense LICENSE
+}