diff --git a/srcpkgs/profile-sync-daemon/INSTALL b/srcpkgs/profile-sync-daemon/INSTALL
deleted file mode 100644
index 45b3966bec2..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/profile-sync-daemon/INSTALL
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-case "$ACTION" in
-  post)
-    if [ "$UPDATE" = "no" ]; then
-      echo '--> Define which users will make use of the sync in /etc/psd.conf'
-      echo '--> Read the manpage before use or see the wiki page'
-      echo '--> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Profile-sync-daemon'
-      echo
-      echo '--> ALWAYS backup your profile data before using utils like psd!'
-    fi
-    ;;
-esac
diff --git a/srcpkgs/profile-sync-daemon/INSTALL.msg b/srcpkgs/profile-sync-daemon/INSTALL.msg
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a70e7297532
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/profile-sync-daemon/INSTALL.msg
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+Define which users will make use of the sync in /etc/psd.conf
+Read the manpage before use or see the wiki page
+https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Profile-sync-daemon
+
+ALWAYS backup your profile data before using utils like psd!
diff --git a/srcpkgs/profile-sync-daemon/REMOVE b/srcpkgs/profile-sync-daemon/REMOVE
deleted file mode 100644
index 32f9448f8f8..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/profile-sync-daemon/REMOVE
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-case "$ACTION" in
-  pre)
-    echo '--> Automatically stopping psd to rotate profiles back out of tmpfs.'
-    echo '--> Be sure you disable psd.service and psd-resync.service manually.'
-    systemctl stop psd.service
-    ;;
-esac
diff --git a/srcpkgs/profile-sync-daemon/files/psd/finish b/srcpkgs/profile-sync-daemon/files/psd/finish
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..c3d6bc911a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/profile-sync-daemon/files/psd/finish
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+set -e
+exec profile-sync-daemon unsync
diff --git a/srcpkgs/profile-sync-daemon/files/psd/run b/srcpkgs/profile-sync-daemon/files/psd/run
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..c061fbeac2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/profile-sync-daemon/files/psd/run
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+set -e
+profile-sync-daemon sync
+exec chpst -b profile-sync-daemon pause
diff --git a/srcpkgs/profile-sync-daemon/template b/srcpkgs/profile-sync-daemon/template
index 36c6a0e2fb1..5f431fa1c29 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/profile-sync-daemon/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/profile-sync-daemon/template
@@ -11,8 +11,14 @@ license="MIT"
 homepage="https://github.com/graysky2/profile-sync-daemon"
 distfiles="http://repo-ck.com/source/$pkgname/$pkgname-$version.tar.xz"
 checksum=9b6a66199fefb63ab81b8dbe72da04f238a91767d7f683597dfb019940e03c3d
+build_options="systemd"
+build_style="gnu-makefile"
+make_install_target=$(vopt_if systemd 'install-systemd-all' 'install-bin install-man')
 
-do_install() {
-  make DESTDIR="$DESTDIR" install-systemd-all
-  install -Dm644 MIT "$DESTDIR/usr/share/licenses/$pkgname/LICENSE"
+do_build() {
+	:
+}
+
+post_install() {
+	[ "$build_option_systemd" ] || vsv psd
 }