diff --git a/srcpkgs/darkplaces/INSTALL b/srcpkgs/darkplaces/INSTALL
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..58564b90126
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/darkplaces/INSTALL
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+case "${ACTION}" in
+post)
+	cat <<EOF
+=========================================================================
+
+To run darkplaces you need data files. Get the Quake 1 data files from
+somewhere. Copy the data files (id1/pak0.pak) to /opt/quake/.
+
+To start a game, run darkplaces-{glx,sdl}.
+
+=========================================================================
+EOF
+	;;
+esac
diff --git a/srcpkgs/darkplaces/files/darkplaces.desktop b/srcpkgs/darkplaces/files/darkplaces.desktop
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2c69559667d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/darkplaces/files/darkplaces.desktop
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+[Desktop Entry]
+Version=1.0
+Exec=darkplaces-sdl
+Icon=darkplaces
+Type=Application
+Categories=Game;ActionGame;
+Name=Darkplaces
+GenericName=Quake Engine
+Comment=Play Quake with the Darkplaces engine
+StartupNotify=true
+Terminal=false
diff --git a/srcpkgs/darkplaces/template b/srcpkgs/darkplaces/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4c0dc287f2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/darkplaces/template
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+# Template file for 'darkplaces'
+pkgname=darkplaces
+version=20130304
+revision=1
+create_wrksrc=yes
+hostmakedepends="unzip"
+makedepends="alsa-lib-devel libjpeg-turbo-devel libXpm-devel libXxf86vm-devel
+ SDL-devel desktop-file-utils hicolor-icon-theme"
+depends="desktop-file-utils hicolor-icon-theme"
+short_desc="An advanced Quake 1 game engine"
+maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
+license="GPL-2"
+homepage="http://icculus.org/twilight/darkplaces/"
+distfiles="http://icculus.org/twilight/$pkgname/files/darkplacesengine${version}.zip"
+checksum=e1858dcba033b1dfc6e685482745b7137ceb23dfd710671971cd5e34529a9f44
+
+do_configure() {
+	# Extract the real source code.
+	unzip -q darkplacesenginesource${version}.zip
+}
+do_build() {
+	cd ${pkgname}
+	sed -i -e '1i DP_LINK_TO_LIBJPEG=1' makefile
+	make OPTIM_RELEASE="${CFLAGS}" DP_FS_BASEDIR=/opt/quake release
+}
+do_install() {
+	cd ${pkgname}
+	install -d ${DESTDIR}/usr/{bin,share/quake}
+	install -m755 darkplaces-{dedicated,glx,sdl} ${DESTDIR}/usr/bin
+
+	for i in 16 24 32 48 64 72; do
+		install -Dm644 darkplaces${i}x${i}.png ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/icons/hicolor/${i}x${i}/apps/darkplaces.png
+	done
+	vinstall ${FILESDIR}/${pkgname}.desktop 644 usr/share/applications
+}