diff --git a/srcpkgs/monkey-devel b/srcpkgs/monkey-devel
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+++ b/srcpkgs/monkey-devel
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+monkey/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/monkey/files/monkey/run b/srcpkgs/monkey/files/monkey/run
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+++ b/srcpkgs/monkey/files/monkey/run
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+exec chpst -uhttpd monkey
diff --git a/srcpkgs/monkey/template b/srcpkgs/monkey/template
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+# Template file for 'monkey'
+pkgname=monkey
+version=1.5.6
+revision=1
+build_style=configure
+makedepends="mbedtls-devel"
+configure_args+="--prefix=/usr --plugdir=/usr/share/monkey/plugins "
+configure_args+="--sysconfdir=/etc/monkey/ --enable-plugins=mbedtls "
+configure_args+="--datadir=/srv/httpd --mandir=/usr/share/man "
+configure_args+="--pidfile=/var/run/monkey.pid"
+short_desc="Cross-arch embeddable lightweight HTTP server"
+maintainer="necrophcodr <necrophcodr@necrophcodr.me>"
+license="APL-2.0"
+homepage="http://monkey-project.com"
+distfiles="${homepage}/releases/1.5/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=7c3d845306aa74ee6effd7ab6169d16ac4e6450e564954d0d0baa2d1e9be1a22
+
+make_dirs="
+	/var/www/htdocs 0755 root httpd"
+
+system_accounts="httpd"
+httpd_descr="Monkey HTTP server"
+httpd_homedir="/srv/httpd"
+
+post_install() {
+	vmkdir usr/share/monkey/htdocs
+	mv ${DESTDIR}/srv/httpd/* ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/monkey/htdocs
+	vsv monkey
+}
+
+monkey-devel_package() {
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/include
+		vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.so"
+	}
+}