diff --git a/srcpkgs/spacenavd/files/spacenavd/run b/srcpkgs/spacenavd/files/spacenavd/run
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index 00000000000..711ead4ab2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/spacenavd/files/spacenavd/run
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+exec 2>&1
+exec spacenavd -d
diff --git a/srcpkgs/spacenavd/template b/srcpkgs/spacenavd/template
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/spacenavd/template
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# Template file for 'spacenavd'
+pkgname=spacenavd
+version=1.2
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-configure
+makedepends="libX11-devel libXtst-devel"
+short_desc="Userspace driver for 6-dof input devices"
+maintainer="Alexandru Barbur <alex@ctrlc.name>"
+license="GPL-3.0-or-later"
+homepage="http://spacenav.sourceforge.net"
+changelog="https://github.com/FreeSpacenav/spacenavd/releases"
+distfiles="https://github.com/FreeSpacenav/spacenavd/archive/refs/tags/v${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum="4b4096908f842f697a6410a5a873ff4927bd24bd041b6d60b111e90da1178840"
+conf_files="/etc/spnavrc"
+
+post_install() {
+	vconf doc/example-spnavrc spnavrc
+	vsv spacenavd
+}