diff --git a/x11-misc/virtualgl/files/vgl-helper.sh b/x11-misc/virtualgl/files/vgl-helper.sh
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+++ b/x11-misc/virtualgl/files/vgl-helper.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+. /etc/vgl.conf
+
+vgl_start() {
+    truncate --size=0 /var/lib/VirtualGL/vgl_xauth_key
+
+    set_xauth
+    # Check if XAUTHORITY was set successfully, if not wait up to
+    # 60 seconds to allow X start.
+    tries=120
+    while [ ${tries} -gt 0 ]; do
+        tries=$((tries - 1))
+        if [ -z "${XAUTHORITY}" ]; then
+            sleep 0.5
+            set_xauth
+            continue
+        elif [ ! -e "${XAUTHORITY}" ]; then
+            sleep 0.5
+            # fall through, file not existing yet
+        fi
+        break
+    done
+
+    xauth -f /var/lib/VirtualGL/vgl_xauth_key add $DISPLAY . \
+        $(xauth -f $XAUTHORITY list | awk '{print $3;exit}') && \
+        chmod 644 /var/lib/VirtualGL/vgl_xauth_key
+}
+
+vgl_stop() {
+    rm -f /var/lib/VirtualGL/vgl_xauth_key
+}
+
+
+if [ "${1}" = "start" ]; then
+    vgl_start
+elif [ "${1}" = "stop" ]; then
+    vgl_stop
+fi
diff --git a/x11-misc/virtualgl/files/vgl.service b/x11-misc/virtualgl/files/vgl.service
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+++ b/x11-misc/virtualgl/files/vgl.service
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+[Unit]
+Description=VirtualGL service
+After=display-manager.service
+
+[Service]
+RemainAfterExit=yes
+PIDFile=/var/run/named/named.pid
+ExecStart=/usr/libexec/vgl-helper.sh start
+ExecStop=/usr/libexec/vgl-helper.sh stop
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
+