diff --git a/srcpkgs/yarn-bin/patches/yarn.patch b/srcpkgs/yarn-bin/patches/yarn.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9f406bcf0c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/yarn-bin/patches/yarn.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+--- bin/yarn.js.orig	2017-07-04 18:50:29.701379167 -0500
++++ bin/yarn.js	2017-07-04 17:27:32.749746288 -0500
+@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@
+ /* eslint-disable flowtype/require-valid-file-annotation */
+ 'use strict';
+ 
+-require('../lib/v8-compile-cache');
+-module.exports = require('../lib/yarn-cli');
++require('/usr/lib/yarn/v8-compile-cache');
++module.exports = require('/usr/lib/yarn/yarn-cli');
diff --git a/srcpkgs/yarn-bin/template b/srcpkgs/yarn-bin/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..741a043f3d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/yarn-bin/template
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# Template file for 'yarn-bin'
+pkgname=yarn-bin
+version=0.27.5
+revision=1
+depends="nodejs"
+short_desc="Fast, reliable, and secure dependency management - precompiled binaries"
+maintainer="Nicklaus McClendon <nicklaus@kulinacs.com>"
+license="2-cause-BSD"
+homepage="https://yarnpkg.com/"
+distfiles="https://github.com/yarnpkg/yarn/releases/download/v${version}/yarn-v${version}.tar.gz"
+conflicts="yarn>=0"
+checksum=f0f3510246ee74eb660ea06930dcded7b684eac2593aa979a7add84b72517968
+
+do_extract() {
+	tar xfz ${XBPS_SRCDISTDIR}/${pkgname}-${version}/yarn-v${version}.tar.gz --strip-components=1 -C ${wrksrc}
+}
+
+do_install() {
+	vmkdir /usr/lib/yarn
+	vmkdir /usr/bin
+	vcopy lib/v8-compile-cache.js /usr/lib/yarn
+	vcopy lib/yarn-cli.js /usr/lib/yarn
+	vbin bin/yarn.js yarn
+}
+
+post_install() {
+	vlicense LICENSE
+}