diff --git a/srcpkgs/public-inbox/patches/no-git.diff b/srcpkgs/public-inbox/patches/no-git.diff
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..05e035731d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/public-inbox/patches/no-git.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+--- Makefile.PL.orig
++++ Makefile.PL
+@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
+ # License: AGPL-3.0+ <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.txt>
+ use strict;
+ use ExtUtils::MakeMaker;
+-my @EXE_FILES = split("\n", `git ls-files 'script/*' 2>/dev/null`);
+-my $PM_FILES = `git ls-files lib '*.pm' 2>/dev/null`;
++my @EXE_FILES = split("\n", `printf '%s\n' script/* 2>/dev/null`);
++my $PM_FILES = `find lib 2>/dev/null`;
+ $PM_FILES =~ tr/\n/ /;
+ 
+ WriteMakefile(
diff --git a/srcpkgs/public-inbox/template b/srcpkgs/public-inbox/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9b8a6e36b08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/public-inbox/template
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# Template file for 'public-inbox'
+pkgname=public-inbox
+version=1.1.0pre1
+revision=1
+wrksrc="${pkgname}-${version/pre/-pre}"
+build_style=perl-module
+hostmakedepends="perl perl-URI"
+makedepends="perl"
+depends="git perl perl-DBD-SQLite perl-Danga-Socket
+ perl-Email-MIME perl-Email-MIME-ContentType perl-Email-Simple
+ perl-Filesys-Notify-Simple perl-HTTP-Date perl-Net-Server
+ perl-Plack perl-Plack-Middleware-Deflater perl-Plack-Middleware-ReverseProxy
+ perl-Search-Xapian perl-TimeDate perl-URI"
+checkdepends="$depends curl perl-HTTP-Message perl-IPC-Run perl-Test-SharedFork"
+short_desc="An 'archives first' approach to mailing lists"
+maintainer="Leah Neukirchen <leah@vuxu.org>"
+license="AGPL-3.0-or-later"
+homepage="https://public-inbox.org/"
+distfiles="https://public-inbox.org/releases/${pkgname}-${version/pre/-pre}.tar.gz"
+checksum=d0023767a63ca109e6fe2c58b04c58987d4f81572ac69d18f95d6af0915fa009
+
+pre_check() {
+	mkdir -p ~/.public-inbox
+}