diff --git a/srcpkgs/beep/INSTALL b/srcpkgs/beep/INSTALL
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index 00000000000..2b8b868caf7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/beep/INSTALL
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# INSTALL
+case "$ACTION" in
+post)
+	setcap cap_dac_override,cap_sys_tty_config+ep /usr/bin/beep
+	;;
+esac
diff --git a/srcpkgs/beep/template b/srcpkgs/beep/template
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index 00000000000..f5a86f089cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/beep/template
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Template file for 'beep'
+pkgname=beep
+version=1.3
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-makefile
+short_desc="Beep music composer"
+maintainer="Andrea Brancaleoni <miwaxe@gmail.com>"
+license="GPL-3"
+depends="libcap-progs"
+homepage="http://www.johnath.com/beep/"
+distfiles="http://www.johnath.com/${pkgname}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=59acef7a987de5557cefd1a904666cc2691f132929af39e65450b182a581ec2d
+
+do_install() {
+	vbin beep
+	gunzip beep.1.gz
+	vman beep.1
+}