diff --git a/srcpkgs/xmonad-contrib/template b/srcpkgs/xmonad-contrib/template
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+# Template file for 'xmonad-contrib'
+pkgname=xmonad-contrib
+version=0.13
+revision=1
+build_style=haskell-stack
+stackage=lts-11.17
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
+makedepends="libX11-devel libXinerama-devel libXrandr-devel libXft-devel"
+short_desc="Third party extensions for xmonad"
+maintainer="xaltsc <xaltsc@protonmail.ch>"
+license="BSD-3-Clause"
+homepage="https://xmonad.org/"
+distfiles="https://hackage.haskell.org/package/${pkgname}-${version}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=a760827fe5b1f99d783f52ccbb72b272d02d53daa26757363cde3ceba014476e
+
+nocross=yes
+
+post_install() {
+	    vlicense LICENSE
+}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/xmonad-contrib/update b/srcpkgs/xmonad-contrib/update
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+site=http://hackage.haskell.org/package/xmonad-contrib
+pattern="Readme for xmonad-contrib-\K[\d\.]+"