diff --git a/srcpkgs/mate-settings-daemon-devel b/srcpkgs/mate-settings-daemon-devel
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+mate-settings-daemon
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/mate-settings-daemon/template b/srcpkgs/mate-settings-daemon/template
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+# Template file for 'mate-settings-daemon'
+pkgname=mate-settings-daemon
+version=1.8.1
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-configure
+configure_args="--with-gtk=2.0 --disable-static --enable-polkit
+ --enable-pulse --disable-gstreamer"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config intltool itstool"
+makedepends="gtk+-devel dbus-glib-devel fontconfig-devel libcanberra-devel
+ libmatekbd-devel libnotify-devel libXt-devel polkit-devel nss-devel
+ libXxf86misc-devel pulseaudio-devel mate-desktop-devel>=${version}"
+depends="alsa-plugins-pulseaudio"
+short_desc="The MATE Settings daemon (pulseaudio)"
+maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
+license="LGPL-3"
+homepage="http://mate-desktop.org"
+distfiles="http://pub.mate-desktop.org/releases/1.8/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
+checksum=231bc408ea1a3305aeca621a278930ddba032201a1001da2ae239f6324da1106
+
+mate-settings-daemon-devel_package() {
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/include
+		vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
+	}
+}