diff --git a/srcpkgs/xbps-src/INSTALL b/srcpkgs/xbps-src/INSTALL
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b5a8843276b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/xbps-src/INSTALL
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+case ${ACTION} in
+post)
+	# Sets up required capabilities on helpers.
+	setcap cap_sys_admin=ep usr/libexec/xbps-src/capmount
+	setcap cap_sys_admin=ep usr/libexec/xbps-src/capumount
+	setcap cap_sys_chroot=ep usr/libexec/xbps-src/capchroot
+	;;
+esac
diff --git a/srcpkgs/xbps-src/template b/srcpkgs/xbps-src/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9dad243be4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/xbps-src/template
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+# Template file for 'xbps-src'
+pkgname=xbps-src
+version=4
+distfiles="https://github.com/downloads/xtraeme/xbps-src/xbps-src-${version}.tar.gz"
+build_style=gnu-makefile
+make_build_args="PREFIX=/usr ETCDIR=/etc/xbps"
+make_install_args="PREFIX=/usr ETCDIR=/etc/xbps"
+short_desc="The XBPS package system - binary package builder"
+maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
+homepage="http://code.google.com/p/xbps"
+license="Simplified BSD"
+checksum=004175bf9bc0db5ac67df4301e74c96598724e91457e08f082dbdcc19e4fc17c
+long_desc="
+ The XBPS package system. A new, fast, from scratch and simple
+ binary package manager. This package includes xbps-src, the
+ utility used to build XBPS binary packages from source packages."
+
+conf_files="/etc/xbps/xbps-src.conf"
+
+Add_dependency run gcc-c++
+Add_dependency run bison
+Add_dependency run gettext
+Add_dependency run texinfo
+Add_dependency run patch
+Add_dependency run perl ">=0"
+Add_dependency run fakeroot
+Add_dependency run libcap-progs
+Add_dependency run xbps-static
+
+Add_dependency build libcap-devel
diff --git a/srcpkgs/xbps-src/xbps-src.rshlibs b/srcpkgs/xbps-src/xbps-src.rshlibs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c8d6a9742d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/xbps-src/xbps-src.rshlibs
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+libcap.so.2
+libc.so.6