diff --git a/srcpkgs/surfraw/template b/srcpkgs/surfraw/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..465ac1e4465
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/surfraw/template
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# Template file for 'surfraw'
+pkgname=surfraw
+version=2.2.9
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-configure
+short_desc="Command line interface to variety of search engines"
+maintainer="Evan Deaubl <evan@deaubl.name>"
+license="Public Domain"
+noarch=yes
+hostmakedepends="perl"
+depends="perl"
+homepage="http://surfraw.alioth.debian.org/"
+distfiles="http://surfraw.alioth.debian.org/dist/surfraw-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum="aa97d9ac24ca4299be39fcde562b98ed556b3bf5ee9a1ae497e0ce040bbcc4bb"
+
+do_install() {
+	make PREFIX=/usr mandir=/usr/share/man DESTDIR=${DESTDIR} install
+	vlicense COPYING
+}