diff --git a/srcpkgs/bird/files/bird/run b/srcpkgs/bird/files/bird/run
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..93df57f0b09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/bird/files/bird/run
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+exec bird -f ${OPTS:=-c /etc/bird.conf}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/bird/files/bird6/run b/srcpkgs/bird/files/bird6/run
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..902c2426f8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/bird/files/bird6/run
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+exec bird6 -f ${OPTS:=-c /etc/bird6.conf}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/bird/template b/srcpkgs/bird/template
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index 00000000000..60c44836af2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/bird/template
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+# Template file for 'bird'
+
+pkgname=bird
+version=1.5.0
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-configure
+short_desc="The BIRD Internet Routing Daemon"
+maintainer="Philipp Hirsch <itself@hanspolo.net>"
+license="GPL-3"
+homepage="http://bird.network.cz"
+distfiles="ftp://bird.network.cz/pub/$pkgname/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
+hostmakedepends="flex"
+makedepends="ncurses-devel readline-devel"
+configure_args="--sbindir=/usr/bin"
+conf_files="/etc/bird.conf /etc/bird6.conf"
+checksum=79d5c4254e25f5890626830ca42aae03735716bdf152ddd8368473d2b3c17b5d
+
+pre_configure() {
+	mkdir -p /tmp/bird6
+	cp -a $wrksrc/* /tmp/bird6
+	mv /tmp/bird6 $wrksrc/bird6
+}
+
+do_configure() {
+	# bird
+	./configure ${configure_args}
+
+	# bird6
+	cd bird6
+	./configure ${configure_args} --enable-ipv6
+}
+
+do_build() {
+	# bird
+	make ${makejobs}
+
+	# bird6
+	cd bird6
+	make ${makejobs}
+}
+
+do_install() {
+	make DESTDIR=$DESTDIR install
+	vsv bird
+
+	cd bird6
+	make DESTDIR=$PKGDESTDIR install
+	vsv bird6
+}