diff --git a/srcpkgs/pinentry-tty b/srcpkgs/pinentry-tty
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..ca6c20e3c67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/pinentry-tty
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pinentry
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/pinentry/template b/srcpkgs/pinentry/template
index ecc1b8bd990..586388d4f88 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/pinentry/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/pinentry/template
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--disable-rpath --without-libcap --disable-pinentry-gtk
  --enable-pinentry-curses --enable-fallback-curses --enable-pinentry-gtk2
- --enable-pinentry-emacs --enable-pinentry-qt"
+ --enable-pinentry-emacs --enable-pinentry-qt --enable-pinentry-tty"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
 makedepends="ncurses-devel gtk+-devel libassuan-devel libgpg-error-devel qt5-devel"
 short_desc="PIN or passphrase entry dialogs for GnuPG"
@@ -27,6 +27,14 @@ post_install() {
 	rm ${DESTDIR}/usr/bin/pinentry
 }
 
+pinentry-tty_package() {
+	depends="${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
+	short_desc+=" for dumb terminals"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/bin/pinentry-tty
+	}
+}
+
 pinentry-qt_package() {
 	depends="${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
 	short_desc+=" based on Qt"