diff --git a/srcpkgs/spampd/files/spampd/run b/srcpkgs/spampd/files/spampd/run
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..7c19ace4ea9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/spampd/files/spampd/run
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+[ -r conf ] && . ./conf
+exec spampd --nodetach ${OPTS:=--host=127.0.0.1:10025 --relayhost=127.0.0.1:10026 --a --rh --u=_spampd --g=_spampd --maxsize=512}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/spampd/patches/perl-5.18-fixes.patch b/srcpkgs/spampd/patches/perl-5.18-fixes.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..41b71409a4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/spampd/patches/perl-5.18-fixes.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+diff --git a/spampd b/spampd
+index 7b1f234..2798d50 100644
+--- spampd
++++ spampd
+@@ -937,6 +937,10 @@ if ( !$options{logsock} ) {
+ 	};
+ }
+ 
++# untaint some args to prevent errors in other modules
++($pidfile) = ($pidfile =~ /^(.+)$/);
++($relayhost) = ($relayhost =~ /^(.+)$/);
++($relayport) = ($relayport =~ /^(.+)$/);
+ 
+ my $server = bless {
+     server => {host => $host,
+@@ -1147,10 +1151,10 @@ L<http://www.WorldDesign.com/index.cfm/rd/mta/spampd.htm>.
+ 
+ =head1 Requires
+ 
+-=over 5
+-
+ Perl modules:
+ 
++=over 5
++
+ =item B<Mail::SpamAssassin>
+ 
+ =item B<Net::Server::PreForkSimple>
+@@ -1478,11 +1482,11 @@ Prints usage information.
+ 
+ =head2 Deprecated Options
+ 
+-=over 5
+-
+ The following options are no longer used but still accepted for backwards
+ compatibility with prevoius I<spampd> versions:
+ 
++=over 5
++
+ =item  B<--dead-letters>
+ 
+ =item  B<--heloname>
diff --git a/srcpkgs/spampd/template b/srcpkgs/spampd/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b5fbfb6a48c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/spampd/template
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# Template file for 'spampd'
+pkgname=spampd
+version=2.30
+revision=1
+hostmakedepends="perl"
+depends="perl perl-Net-Server spamassassin"
+build_style=gnu-makefile
+short_desc="SMTP proxy used scan messages for spam"
+maintainer="Enno Boland <gottox@voidlinux.eu>"
+license="GPL-3"
+homepage="http://www.worlddesign.com/index.cfm/page/software/open-source/spampd.htm"
+distfiles="https://github.com/downloads/mpaperno/$pkgname/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
+checksum=c980e55f46c7757fd45294e5268766253123490d0158d2ee36ad5700ddf823bb
+noarch=yes
+system_accounts="_spampd"
+_spampd_homedir="/var/lib/spampd"
+
+pre_install() {
+	sed -i '/INSTALL.* \(spampd.default\|spampd-init.sh\) /d' Makefile
+}
+post_install() {
+	vmkdir usr/bin
+	mv $DESTDIR/usr/sbin/* $DESTDIR/usr/bin
+	vsv spampd
+}