diff --git a/srcpkgs/matterircd/files/matterircd/run b/srcpkgs/matterircd/files/matterircd/run
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..565623a60c4158
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/matterircd/files/matterircd/run
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+exec 2>&1
+[ -r ./conf ] && . ./conf
+
+exec chpst -u _matterircd:_matterircd -C /var/lib/matterircd matterircd --conf "${CONFIG:-/etc/matterircd/matterircd.toml}"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/matterircd/template b/srcpkgs/matterircd/template
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index 00000000000000..b857e9440bc0d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/matterircd/template
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# Template file for 'matterircd'
+pkgname=matterircd
+version=0.28.0
+revision=1
+build_style=go
+go_import_path=github.com/42wim/matterircd
+short_desc="Connect to your mattermost or slack using your IRC-client of choice"
+maintainer="Felix Van der Jeugt <felixvdj+github@posteo.be>"
+license="MIT"
+homepage="https://github.com/42wim/matterircd"
+changelog="https://github.com/42wim/matterircd/releases"
+distfiles="https://github.com/42wim/matterircd/archive/refs/tags/v${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=a23a1ac6a5dda8aa0a25261b6a5ce1084b63b626fe65cb94e8581c8bb0482c64
+
+system_accounts="_matterircd"
+_matterircd_homedir="/var/lib/matterircd"
+make_dirs="/var/lib/matterircd 0700 _matterircd _matterircd
+ /etc/matterircd 0755 root root"
+
+post_install() {
+	vsconf matterircd.toml.example matterircd.toml
+	vlicense LICENSE
+	vsv matterircd
+}