diff --git a/srcpkgs/icinga2/INSTALL b/srcpkgs/icinga2/INSTALL
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index 00000000000..9fd1fdbcdc6
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+++ b/srcpkgs/icinga2/INSTALL
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+	chown icinga:icinga -R /etc/icinga2;
+	install -gicinga -oicinga -d /var/log/icinga2
+	install -gicinga -oicinga -d /var/lib/icinga2
diff --git a/srcpkgs/icinga2/files/icinga2/run b/srcpkgs/icinga2/files/icinga2/run
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index 00000000000..456a8b246e4
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+++ b/srcpkgs/icinga2/files/icinga2/run
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+#!/bin/sh
+install -oicinga -gicinga -d /run/icinga2
+exec icinga2 daemon 2>&1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/icinga2/template b/srcpkgs/icinga2/template
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+++ b/srcpkgs/icinga2/template
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+# Template file for 'icinga2'
+pkgname=icinga2
+version=2.4.10
+revision=1
+short_desc="Icinga is a scalable and extensible monitoring system"
+nocross=yes
+build_style=cmake
+configure_args="-DCMAKE_INSTALL_SYSCONFDIR=/etc -DICINGA2_RUNDIR=/run -DCMAKE_INSTALL_LOCALSTATEDIR=/var -DICINGA2_PLUGINDIR=/usr/lib/monitoring-plugins/"
+hostmakedepends="flex git"
+makedepends="libressl-devel boost-devel yajl-devel libmysqlclient-devel libedit-devel postgresql-libs-devel"
+depends="monitoring-plugins"
+maintainer="Corné Oppelaar <hello@eaterofco.de>"
+license="GPL-2"
+homepage="https://www.icinga.org/"
+distfiles="https://github.com/Icinga/icinga2/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum="c2963430503c382cc4d5083b05731c0b965b5ffa960e900c0827b83789f0425e"
+
+system_accounts="icinga"
+system_groups="icingacmd"
+icinga_pgroup="icingacmd"
+icinga_groups="icinga"
+
+post_install() {
+	vsv icinga2
+	# remove useless files
+	rm -rf "${DESTDIR}/etc/sysconfig"
+}