diff --git a/srcpkgs/ngetty/files/ngetty/run b/srcpkgs/ngetty/files/ngetty/run
index 58e4338c34c..72a45762549 100755
--- a/srcpkgs/ngetty/files/ngetty/run
+++ b/srcpkgs/ngetty/files/ngetty/run
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 export TERM=linux
-exec ngetty tty1 tty2 tty3 tty4 tty5 tty6
+[ -r conf ] && . conf
+exec ngetty ${OPTS:=tty1 tty2 tty3 tty4 tty5 tty6}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/ngetty/template b/srcpkgs/ngetty/template
index 02ad50b7b8c..292b759799f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/ngetty/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/ngetty/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'ngetty'
 pkgname=ngetty
 version=1.1
-revision=2
+revision=3
 short_desc="Daemon for virtual console terminals"
 maintainer="Christian Neukirchen <chneukirchen@gmail.com>"
 license="GPL-2"
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ distfiles="http://riemann.fmi.uni-sofia.bg/ngetty/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=15a0649b552aa47eeb80c7cc57ec6f562a89e271b14386838fbdb90244c546b0
 
 build_options="static"
+conf_files="/etc/ngetty/Conf"
 
 do_build() {
 	make CC="${BUILD_CC}" CFLAGS="${BUILD_CFLAGS}" LDFLAGS="${BUILD_LDFLAGS}" opts_defs.h