diff --git a/srcpkgs/xdm/files/xdm/run b/srcpkgs/xdm/files/xdm/run
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..3d7b2a361fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/xdm/files/xdm/run
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+exec xdm -nodaemon 2>&1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/xdm/template b/srcpkgs/xdm/template
index ef8f90207c3..90ac5cf6f40 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/xdm/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/xdm/template
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 # Template build file for 'xdm'.
 pkgname=xdm
 version=1.1.11
-revision=2
+revision=4
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--with-random-device=/dev/urandom
  --with-utmp-file=/var/run/utmp
- --with-wtmp-file=/var/log/wtmp"
+ --with-wtmp-file=/var/log/wtmp
+ --with-xdmconfigdir=/etc/X11/xdm"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
 makedepends="libXaw-devel"
 depends="sessreg xconsole"
@@ -15,3 +16,7 @@ license="MIT"
 maintainer="Christian Neukirchen <chneukirchen@gmail.com>"
 distfiles="${XORG_SITE}/app/$pkgname-$version.tar.bz2"
 checksum=d4da426ddea0124279a3f2e00a26db61944690628ee818a64df9d27352081c47
+
+post_install() {
+	vsv xdm
+}