diff --git a/srcpkgs/mongodb/files/mongodb/run b/srcpkgs/mongodb/files/mongodb/run
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..cfbf4e92c0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/mongodb/files/mongodb/run
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+exec /usr/bin/mongod --quiet --config /etc/mongodb/mongodb.conf
diff --git a/srcpkgs/mongodb/files/mongodb/supervise b/srcpkgs/mongodb/files/mongodb/supervise
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..fc12099078a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/mongodb/files/mongodb/supervise
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/run/runit/supervise.mongodb
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/mongodb/template b/srcpkgs/mongodb/template
index a977e894941..62efe990575 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/mongodb/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/mongodb/template
@@ -60,4 +60,6 @@ do_install() {
 	vinstall "${FILESDIR}/mongodb.conf" 644 "etc/mongodb"
 	[ "$build_option_systemd" ] && \
 		vinstall "${FILESDIR}/mongodb.service" 644 "usr/lib/systemd/system"
+
+	vsv mongodb
 }