diff --git a/srcpkgs/watchdog/files/watchdog/run b/srcpkgs/watchdog/files/watchdog/run
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index 00000000000..a7bb2abd33c
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+++ b/srcpkgs/watchdog/files/watchdog/run
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+#!/bin/sh
+[ -r conf ] && . ./conf
+exec watchdog -F ${OPTS}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/watchdog/template b/srcpkgs/watchdog/template
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+# Template file for 'watchdog'
+pkgname=watchdog
+version=5.15
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-configure
+short_desc="Software watchdog daemon"
+maintainer="Enno Boland <gottox@voidlinux.eu>"
+license="GPL-2"
+homepage="https://sourceforge.net/projects/watchdog/"
+distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/${pkgname}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=ffdc865137ad5d8e53664bd22bad4de6ca136d1b4636720320cb52af0c18947c
+conf_files="/etc/watchdog.conf"
+
+post_install() {
+	vsv watchdog
+}