diff --git a/srcpkgs/sddm/files/sddm/run b/srcpkgs/sddm/files/sddm/run
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..70b1cfa9786
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/sddm/files/sddm/run
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+set -e
+mkdir -p /var/lib/sddm
+chown -R sddm:sddm /var/lib/sddm
+exec sddm 2>&1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/sddm/template b/srcpkgs/sddm/template
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index 00000000000..c233e726b9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/sddm/template
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# Template file for 'sddm'
+pkgname=sddm
+version=0.10.0
+revision=1
+build_style=cmake
+configure_args="-DBUILD_MAN_PAGES=1"
+hostmakedepends="cmake pkg-config python-docutils"
+makedepends="qt5-declarative-devel qt5-tools-devel"
+short_desc="QML based X11 display manager"
+maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
+license="GPL-2"
+homepage="http://github.com/sddm/sddm"
+distfiles="https://github.com/${pkgname}/${pkgname}/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=8d2df745be2025ed3fdaa0065d410c768915e2dddf576eb92eef8ae287319d96
+
+system_accounts="sddm"
+sddm_homedir="/var/lib/sddm"
+sddm_groups="video"
+
+post_install() {
+	vsv sddm
+}