diff --git a/srcpkgs/oracle-jre/INSTALL b/srcpkgs/oracle-jre/INSTALL
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+#
+# This script will install the actual plugin, advise the user to read the
+# license for Chrome and to re-login to have environment variables set
+# properly.
+#
+
+BUILD_DIR="./var/tmp/${PKGNAME}.build"
+
+do_install() {
+	mkdir -p "$BUILD_DIR"
+	wget \
+		--header "Cookie: oraclelicense=accept-securebackup-cookie" \
+		--progress=bar:force \
+		-c -O $BUILD_DIR/jre.tar.gz \
+		$ORACLE_JRE_URL
+	echo "$ORACLE_JRE_CHECKSUM  $BUILD_DIR/jre.tar.gz" | sha256sum -c || return 1
+	tar xf ${BUILD_DIR}/jre.tar.gz || return 1
+
+	if [ -d usr/share/java/$PKGNAME ]; then
+		rm -rf usr/share/java/$PKGNAME
+	fi
+	mv jre$ORACLE_JRE_LONG_VERSION usr/share/java/$PKGNAME || return 1
+}
+
+case "${ACTION}" in
+post)
+	. usr/share/java/oracle-jre-vars.sh
+	do_install
+	RESULT=$?
+	rm -r $BUILD_DIR
+	[ $RESULT -ne 0 ] && exit $RESULT
+	cat << _EOF
+=====================================================================
+
+- The Oracle JRE package is licensed software.
+
+	You MUST read and agree to the license stored in
+	/usr/share/licenses/oracle-jre/LICENSE
+	before using it.
+
+- Please re-login to update PATH and JAVA_HOME or re-source
+  /etc/profile:
+
+	$ source /etc/profile
+
+=====================================================================
+_EOF
+    ;;
+esac
+
diff --git a/srcpkgs/oracle-jre/REMOVE b/srcpkgs/oracle-jre/REMOVE
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index 00000000000..9dddecefb0c
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+++ b/srcpkgs/oracle-jre/REMOVE
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+case "$ACTION" in
+pre)
+	. usr/share/java/oracle-jre-vars.sh
+	rm -r usr/lib/java/$PKGNAME
+	;;
+esac
diff --git a/srcpkgs/oracle-jre/files/java-policy-settings.desktop.in b/srcpkgs/oracle-jre/files/java-policy-settings.desktop.in
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index 00000000000..ede6c92a8cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/oracle-jre/files/java-policy-settings.desktop.in
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+[Desktop Entry]
+Exec=
+Icon=oracle-java.png
+Name[cs]=Nastavení politiky Java aplikací
+Name=Java Policy Settings
+Path=
+StartupNotify=true
+Terminal=false
+Type=Application
+Categories=Settings;Java;
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diff --git a/srcpkgs/oracle-jre/files/oracle-jre-vars.sh.in b/srcpkgs/oracle-jre/files/oracle-jre-vars.sh.in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6d805b20a23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/oracle-jre/files/oracle-jre-vars.sh.in
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export ORACLE_JRE_URL="%ORACLE_JRE_URL%" ORACLE_JRE_CHECKSUM="%ORACLE_JRE_CHECKSUM%" ORACLE_JRE_LONG_VERSION="%LONG_VERSION%"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/oracle-jre/files/oracle-jre.sh.in b/srcpkgs/oracle-jre/files/oracle-jre.sh.in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e50f2368d7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/oracle-jre/files/oracle-jre.sh.in
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+export JAVA_HOME=${JAVA_HOME=/usr/share/java/oracle-jre}
+export PATH="$PATH:/usr/share/java/oracle-jre/bin"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/oracle-jre/template b/srcpkgs/oracle-jre/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2cfa731b583
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/oracle-jre/template
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+# Template file for 'oracle-jre'
+pkgname=oracle-jre
+version=8u5
+_longVersion=1.8.0_05
+revision=1
+short_desc="Java Runtime Environment (JRE)"
+maintainer="Enno Boland <eb@s01.de>"
+homepage="http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html"
+license="oracle"
+lib32disabled=yes
+nonfree=yes
+only_for_archs="i686 x86_64"
+depends="hicolor-icon-theme desktop-file-utils xdg-utils shared-mime-info wget"
+hostmakedepends="wget"
+provides="java-runtime-${version}_1"
+replaces="java-runtime>=0"
+
+case "${XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE}" in
+x86_64)
+	_filename=jre-${version}-linux-x64.tar.gz
+	checksum="de7ba8e27b9e7352c44608969871dc11dedadd26d81865f9a42aabff8dadba2a"
+	;;
+i686)
+	_filename=jre-${version}-linux-i586.tar.gz
+	checksum="77a81e63325af682d52875e6699d5edd5f3be668025bcc99f5d9132c46b82053"
+	;;
+esac
+
+distfiles="http://download.oracle.com/otn-pub/java/jdk/${version}-b13/${_filename}"
+wrksrc="jre$_longVersion"
+
+do_fetch() {
+	local path="${XBPS_SRCDISTDIR}/${pkgname}-${version}/$_filename"
+	mkdir -p "${XBPS_SRCDISTDIR}/${pkgname}-${version}" "${XBPS_BUILDDIR}/${pkgname}-${version}"
+	wget \
+		--header "Cookie: oraclelicense=accept-securebackup-cookie" \
+		--progress=bar:force \
+		-c -O $path \
+		$distfiles
+	mkdir -p $wrksrc
+	echo "$checksum  $path" | sha256sum -c 
+}
+
+do_build() {
+	sed \
+		-e "s|%LONG_VERSION%|${_longVersion}|" \
+			${FILESDIR}/oracle-jre.sh.in > oracle-jre.sh
+	sed \
+		-e "s|%LONG_VERSION%|${_longVersion}|" \
+		-e "s|%ORACLE_JRE_URL%|${distfiles}|" \
+		-e "s|%ORACLE_JRE_CHECKSUM%|${checksum}|" \
+			${FILESDIR}/oracle-jre-vars.sh.in > oracle-jre-vars.sh
+	sed \
+		-e "s|^Exec=|Exec=/usr/share/java/$pkgname/bin/policytool|" \
+			${FILESDIR}/java-policy-settings.desktop.in > java-policy-settings.desktop
+}
+
+do_install() {
+	vmkdir "usr/share/licenses/${pkgname}"
+	vinstall oracle-jre-vars.sh 644 "usr/share/java"
+
+	vinstall LICENSE 644 "usr/share/licenses/${pkgname}"
+	vinstall java-policy-settings.desktop 644 usr/share/applications
+
+	for i in 16 20 22 24 32 40 48 64 72 96 128 256 512; do
+		vinstall $FILESDIR/oracle-jre-${i}x${i}.png 644 usr/share/icons/hicolor/${i}x${i}/apps oracle-java.png
+	done
+
+	vmkdir "etc/profile.d"
+	vinstall oracle-jre.sh 644 "etc/profile.d"
+}