diff --git a/srcpkgs/earlyoom/files/earlyoom/run b/srcpkgs/earlyoom/files/earlyoom/run
index dcd514fd609..7bc8877b5b2 100755
--- a/srcpkgs/earlyoom/files/earlyoom/run
+++ b/srcpkgs/earlyoom/files/earlyoom/run
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-exec earlyoom 2>&1 >/dev/null
+[ -r conf ] && . ./conf
+exec earlyoom ${OPTS} 2>&1 >/dev/null
diff --git a/srcpkgs/earlyoom/template b/srcpkgs/earlyoom/template
index a53731c5dba..eb42cd7693c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/earlyoom/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/earlyoom/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'earlyoom'
 pkgname=earlyoom
 version=1.0
-revision=1
+revision=2
 build_style=gnu-makefile
 short_desc="Userspace Early OOM Daemon for Linux"
 maintainer="Leah Neukirchen <leah@vuxu.org>"