diff --git a/srcpkgs/drist/patches/fix_permissions.patch b/srcpkgs/drist/patches/fix_permissions.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5bc7421ce56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/drist/patches/fix_permissions.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+--- Makefile
++++ Makefile
+@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@
+ 
+ install: 
+ 	@echo installing executable to "${DESTDIR}${PREFIX}/bin"
+-	@install -D "${BIN}" "${DESTDIR}${BINDIR}/${BIN}"
++	@install -D -m 755 "${BIN}" "${DESTDIR}${BINDIR}/${BIN}"
+ 	@echo installing manual page to ${DESTDIR}${MANDIR}/man1
+-	@install -D "${BIN}.1" "${DESTDIR}${MANDIR}/man1/${BIN}.1"
++	@install -D -m 644 "${BIN}.1" "${DESTDIR}${MANDIR}/man1/${BIN}.1"
+ 
+ uninstall:
+ 	@echo removing executable file from "${DESTDIR}${PREFIX}/bin"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/drist/template b/srcpkgs/drist/template
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index 00000000000..89f39b7eec8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/drist/template
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# Template file for 'drist'
+pkgname=drist
+version=1.04
+revision=1
+archs=noarch
+wrksrc=$pkgname-v$version
+build_style=gnu-makefile
+depends="openssh rsync"
+short_desc="Remote deployment tool"
+maintainer="Paper <paper@tilde.institute>"
+license="BSD-2-Clause"
+homepage="gopher://bitreich.org/1/scm/drist/"
+distfiles="ftp://bitreich.org/releases/drist/drist-v$version.tgz"
+checksum=174e243b4ae41a3c3c9919b351f6fbe0c94e07b9b728310c78bfa767e810910d
+
+post_install() {
+	vlicense LICENSE
+	vmkdir usr/share/drist
+	vcopy examples /usr/share/drist/
+}