diff --git a/srcpkgs/yggdrasil/files/yggdrasil/run b/srcpkgs/yggdrasil/files/yggdrasil/run
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..b5c7723534a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/yggdrasil/files/yggdrasil/run
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+if [ -f /etc/yggdrasil.conf ]; then
+	exec /usr/bin/yggdrasil --useconffile /etc/yggdrasil.conf
+else
+	exec /usr/bin/yggdrasil --autoconf
+fi
diff --git a/srcpkgs/yggdrasil/template b/srcpkgs/yggdrasil/template
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/yggdrasil/template
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+# Template file for 'yggdrasil'
+pkgname=yggdrasil
+version=0.2.7
+revision=1
+wrksrc="yggdrasil-go-${version}"
+build_style=go
+go_import_path=github.com/yggdrasil-network/yggdrasil-go
+hostmakedepends="go git"
+short_desc="An experiment in scalable routing as an encrypted IPv6 overlay network"
+maintainer="Jan Christian Gruenhage <jan.christian@gruenhage.xyz>"
+license="LGPL-3.0-only"
+homepage="https://yggdrasil-network.github.io/"
+distfiles="https://github.com/yggdrasil-network/yggdrasil-go/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=4feff2b8c62b507269e8f9176964f46acdb550171e94f6d9cbfc351cf9cc6544
+
+do_build() {
+	PKGNAME=${pkgname} PKGVER=${version} ./build
+}
+
+do_install() {
+	vbin yggdrasil
+	vsv yggdrasil
+}
+
+yggdrasilctl_package() {
+	short_desc="Administration utility for the yggdrasil node admin API"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vbin yggdrasilctl
+	}
+}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/yggdrasilctl b/srcpkgs/yggdrasilctl
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index 00000000000..2e1db2faade
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/yggdrasilctl
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+yggdrasil
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