diff --git a/srcpkgs/skroll/patches/fix-makefile.patch b/srcpkgs/skroll/patches/fix-makefile.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..dccab88544a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/skroll/patches/fix-makefile.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+Enable configurable CC and LD.
+
+--- Makefile	2015-03-16 11:50:36.000000000 +0100
++++ Makefile	2015-10-25 23:55:25.205767890 +0100
+@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
+ PREFIX:=/usr
+ MANPREFIX:=${PREFIX}/share/man
+ 
+-CC = cc
+-LD= ${CC}
++CC ?= cc
++LD ?= ${CC}
+ RM = rm
+ GZ = gzip
+ CFLAGS = -Wall -pedantic
diff --git a/srcpkgs/skroll/template b/srcpkgs/skroll/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2b4a6266b93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/skroll/template
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# Template file for 'skroll'
+pkgname=skroll
+version=0.6
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-makefile
+make_build_args="LD=\${CXX}"
+short_desc="Scroll text to stdout"
+maintainer="Diogo Leal <diogo@diogoleal.com>"
+license="WTFPL"
+homepage="http://git.z3bra.org/cgit.cgi/skroll/"
+distfiles="http://repo.voidlinux.de/distfiles/skroll-${version}/skroll-${version}.tar.bz2"
+checksum=32221fef51f6814a7bf3cf4207b8a2466624544a2fd1e5b110ee2af3580d2959
+
+post_install() {
+	vlicense LICENSE
+}