diff --git a/srcpkgs/nodm/files/nodm/run b/srcpkgs/nodm/files/nodm/run
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8d69e58fada
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/nodm/files/nodm/run
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+[ -r conf ] && . ./conf
+export NODM_USER NODM_X_OPTIONS NODM_MIN_SESSION_TIME NODM_XINIT NODM_XSESSION
+exec nodm 1>&2
diff --git a/srcpkgs/nodm/template b/srcpkgs/nodm/template
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index 00000000000..7e558bc7eab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/nodm/template
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Template file for 'nodm'
+pkgname=nodm
+version=0.7
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-configure
+hostmakedepends="help2man"
+makedepends="pam-devel"
+depends="xinit"
+short_desc="Minimalistic display manager for automatic logins"
+maintainer="Duncaen <duncaen@voidlinux.eu>"
+license="GPL-2"
+homepage="http://enricozini.org/sw/nodm/"
+distfiles="http://enricozini.org/sw/nodm/$pkgname-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=0f74cf5cd08f958923a3123a75e945ecc727cb486b51c87cf5a235445bd0c42a
+
+pre_configure() {
+	if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
+		# disable generating a man page with help2man while cross compiling.
+		# nodm -h needs to be executed on the host for generating it.
+		sed -i Makefile.in -e 's;man_MANS = nodm.8;;g'
+	fi
+}
+
+post_install() {
+	vsv nodm
+}