diff --git a/srcpkgs/sent/files/config.h b/srcpkgs/sent/files/config.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9e4d5e71d31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/sent/files/config.h
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+/* See LICENSE file for copyright and license details. */
+
+static char *fontfallbacks[] = {
+	"dejavu",
+	"roboto",
+	"ubuntu",
+};
+#define NUMFONTSCALES 30
+#define FONTSZ(x) ((int)(10.0 * powf(1.1288, (x)))) /* x in [0, NUMFONTSCALES-1] */
+
+static const char *fgcol = "#000000";
+static const char *bgcol = "#FFFFFF";
+
+static const float linespacing = 1.4;
+
+/* how much screen estate is to be used at max for the content */
+static const float usablewidth = 0.75;
+static const float usableheight = 0.75;
+
+static Mousekey mshortcuts[] = {
+	/* button         function        argument */
+	{ Button1,        advance,        {.i = +1} },
+	{ Button2,        advance,        {.i = -1} },
+};
+
+static Shortcut shortcuts[] = {
+	/* keysym         function        argument */
+	{ XK_q,           quit,           {0} },
+	{ XK_Right,       advance,        {.i = +1} },
+	{ XK_Left,        advance,        {.i = -1} },
+	{ XK_Return,      advance,        {.i = +1} },
+	{ XK_BackSpace,   advance,        {.i = -1} },
+	{ XK_l,           advance,        {.i = +1} },
+	{ XK_h,           advance,        {.i = -1} },
+	{ XK_j,           advance,        {.i = +1} },
+	{ XK_k,           advance,        {.i = -1} },
+	{ XK_Down,        advance,        {.i = +1} },
+	{ XK_Up,          advance,        {.i = -1} },
+	{ XK_Next,        advance,        {.i = +1} },
+	{ XK_Prior,       advance,        {.i = -1} },
+};
diff --git a/srcpkgs/sent/template b/srcpkgs/sent/template
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+++ b/srcpkgs/sent/template
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+# Template file for 'sent'
+pkgname=sent
+version=0.1
+revision=1
+makedepends="libX11-devel libXft-devel freetype-devel libpng-devel"
+short_desc="Suckless simple plaintext presentation tool"
+maintainer="Duncaen <duncaen@voidlinux.eu>"
+license="MIT"
+homepage="http://tools.suckless.org/sent"
+distfiles="http://dl.suckless.org/tools/sent-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=9f6aa5bbeaf83bb584a83f43709deb1c29ce0d388d0b3af5b0cc6010f1c0d025
+
+do_build() {
+	cp ${FILESDIR}/config.h config.h
+	sed -i 's|^CFLAGS +=|override CFLAGS +=|g' config.mk
+	sed -i 's|^LDFLAGS +=|override LDFLAGS +=|g' config.mk
+	sed -i "s|/usr/include|$XBPS_CROSS_BASE/usr/include|g" config.mk
+	sed -i "s|/usr/lib|$XBPS_CROSS_BASE/usr/lib|g" config.mk
+	make ${makejobs} CC="$CC" CFLAGS="$CFLAGS" LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS" \
+		X11INC="$XBPS_CROSS_BASE/usr/include/X11" X11LIB="$XBPS_CROSS_BASE/usr/lib"
+}
+
+do_install() {
+	make DESTDIR="${DESTDIR}" PREFIX=/usr install
+	vlicense LICENSE
+	vdoc README.md
+}