diff --git a/srcpkgs/fprintd/patches/0000_fix-man-page-syntax.patch b/srcpkgs/fprintd/patches/0000_fix-man-page-syntax.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..26f3f17926b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/fprintd/patches/0000_fix-man-page-syntax.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+From 7710040ea723def69dde485d6f497fac87f215fa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Bastien Nocera <hadess at hadess.net>
+Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2013 18:58:20 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] data: Fix syntax error in fprintd.pod
+
+fprintd.pod around line 100: =over without closing =back
+POD document had syntax errors at /usr/bin/pod2man line 69.
+---
+ data/fprintd.pod | 3 +++
+ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
+
+diff --git a/data/fprintd.pod b/data/fprintd.pod
+index 83c7afc..7085920 100644
+--- data/fprintd.pod
++++ data/fprintd.pod
+@@ -100,3 +100,6 @@ By default, fprintd stores the fingerprints in B</var/lib/fprint/>
+ =over 8
+ 
+ =item B<dbus-daemon>, B<gnome-about-me>
++
++=back
++
+-- 
+1.8.3.1
+
diff --git a/srcpkgs/fprintd/template b/srcpkgs/fprintd/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6765044b002
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/fprintd/template
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# Template file for 'fprintd'
+pkgname=fprintd
+version=0.5.1
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-configure
+short_desc="daemon that provides fingerprint scanning functionality"
+maintainer="Enno Boland <eb@s01.de>"
+homepage="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/fprint/"
+hostmakedepends="intltool pkg-config"
+makedepends="libfprint-devel dbus-devel dbus-glib-devel polkit-devel systemd-devel pam-devel"
+license="GPL"
+distfiles="http://people.freedesktop.org/~hadess/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
+checksum=9256970fe30cb0332c1932fc0dad3c8d83570eb8e153305e9430e3cd90806e58
+configure_args="--sysconfdir=/etc/$pkgname --disable-static"