diff --git a/srcpkgs/vpn-ws/patches/fixprototypes.patch b/srcpkgs/vpn-ws/patches/fixprototypes.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4031c6553ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/vpn-ws/patches/fixprototypes.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+--- src/ssl.c	2014-11-21 09:48:57.000000000 -0500
++++ src/ssl.c.fixed	2017-09-27 01:46:07.908463177 -0400
+@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
+ #include "vpn-ws.h"
+ 
+ #ifndef __WIN32__
+-static int _vpn_ws_ssl_wait_read(fd) {
++static int _vpn_ws_ssl_wait_read(int fd) {
+         fd_set rset;
+         FD_ZERO(&rset);
+         FD_SET(fd, &rset);
+@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
+         return 0;
+ }
+ 
+-static int _vpn_ws_ssl_wait_write(fd) {
++static int _vpn_ws_ssl_wait_write(int fd) {
+         fd_set wset;
+         FD_ZERO(&wset);
+         FD_SET(fd, &wset);
diff --git a/srcpkgs/vpn-ws/template b/srcpkgs/vpn-ws/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d0241b88d69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/vpn-ws/template
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Template file for 'vpn-ws'
+pkgname=vpn-ws
+version=0.2
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-makefile
+make_use_env=yes
+makedepends="libressl-devel"
+short_desc="VPN system over webhooks"
+maintainer="Toyam Cox <Vaelatern@voidlinux.eu>"
+license="MIT"
+homepage="https://github.com/unbit/vpn-ws"
+distfiles="https://github.com/unbit/vpn-ws/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=f35d16d192ef333390ccc7d342df4392676a86502fa087f310eab9758afd565a
+
+# no install target in the Makefile
+do_install() {
+	vbin vpn-ws
+	vbin vpn-ws-client
+	vdoc README.md
+	vdoc tutorials/ubuntu_trusty_nginx_bridge_client_certificates.md
+	# not example config, but close enough
+	vsconf clients/vpn.pl
+	vsconf clients/vpn_linux_tornado.py
+	vlicense LICENSE
+
+}