diff --git a/srcpkgs/zookeeper/files/zookeeper/run b/srcpkgs/zookeeper/files/zookeeper/run
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+++ b/srcpkgs/zookeeper/files/zookeeper/run
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+[ -f ./conf ] && . ./conf
+: ${DEFAULT_CONF_PATH:='/etc/zookeeper/conf/environment'}
+
+exec chpst -u _zookeeper \
+     /usr/share/zookeeper/bin/zkServer.sh start-foreground ${DEFAULT_CONF_PATH}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/zookeeper/template b/srcpkgs/zookeeper/template
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+++ b/srcpkgs/zookeeper/template
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+# Template file for 'zookeeper'
+pkgname=zookeeper
+version=3.4.10
+revision=1
+noarch=yes
+short_desc="A dristributed hierarchical key-value store"
+maintainer="Mickael Fortunato <morsi.morsicus@gmail.com>"
+license="Apache-2.0"
+homepage="http://zookeeper.apache.org/"
+distfiles="http://mirrors.ircam.fr/pub/apache/zookeeper/stable/zookeeper-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum="7f7f5414e044ac11fee2a1e0bc225469f51fb0cdf821e67df762a43098223f27"
+depends="virtual?java-runtime"
+system_accounts="_zookeeper"
+
+do_install() {
+	# License
+	vlicense LICENSE.txt
+
+	# Documentation
+	vmkdir usr/share/doc/${pkgname}
+	vcopy docs usr/share/doc/${pkgname}
+
+	# Configuration example
+	vmkdir usr/share/examples/${pkgname}
+	vcopy conf usr/share/examples/${pkgname}
+
+	# Default configuration
+	vmkdir etc/${pkgname}/conf
+	vcopy conf/zoo_sample.cfg etc/${pkgname}/conf/environment
+
+	# Main class
+	vmkdir usr/share/${pkgname}
+	vcopy ${pkgname}-${version}.jar usr/share/${pkgname}
+
+	# Tools
+	vmkdir usr/share/${pkgname}/bin
+	vcopy bin/*.sh usr/share/${pkgname}/bin
+
+	# Classpath
+	vmkdir usr/share/${pkgname}/lib
+	vcopy lib/* usr/share/${pkgname}/lib
+
+	# Service
+	vsv ${pkgname}
+}