diff --git a/srcpkgs/relay/files/relay/log/run b/srcpkgs/relay/files/relay/log/run
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000000..3a5b4a586051d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/relay/files/relay/log/run
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/usr/bin/vlogger
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/relay/files/relay/run b/srcpkgs/relay/files/relay/run
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000000..b6f5d5fc564387
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/relay/files/relay/run
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+exec 2>&1
+exec chpst -u _relay:_relay /usr/bin/python -m relay -c /etc/relay/relay.yaml
diff --git a/srcpkgs/relay/template b/srcpkgs/relay/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..d61e855b0815e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/relay/template
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+# Template file for 'relay'
+pkgname=relay
+version=0.1.0
+revision=1
+build_style=python3-module
+hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools"
+depends="python3-aiohttp python3-async-timeout python3-attrs python3-chardet
+ python3-idna python3-multidict python3-pycryptodome python3-yaml
+ python3-simplejson python3-yarl python3-cachetools python3-async_lru"
+short_desc="Generic LitePub relay (works with LitePub consumers and Mastodon)"
+maintainer="Joel Beckmeyer <joel@beckmeyer.us>"
+license="AGPL-3.0-or-later"
+homepage="https://git.pleroma.social/pleroma/relay"
+distfiles="https://git.pleroma.social/pleroma/relay/-/archive/${version}/relay-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=baa43aea662ff759e98051560f2a80f40c29b83793f503c9a75a38fc13ac5d9e
+conf_files="/etc/relay/relay.yaml"
+make_check=no # no tests specified
+
+system_accounts="_relay"
+_relay_homedir="/var/lib/relay"
+
+make_dirs="/var/lib/relay 0700 _relay _relay"
+
+post_patch() {
+	vsed -i 's,relay.jsonld,/var/lib/relay/relay.jsonld,' relay.yaml.example
+}
+
+post_install() {
+	vsv relay
+
+	vmkdir usr/share/relay
+	vcopy installation/relay.caddy usr/share/relay
+	vcopy installation/relay.nginx usr/share/relay
+	vcopy relay.yaml.example usr/share/relay
+	vcopy Dockerfile usr/share/relay
+
+	vmkdir etc/relay
+	vcopy relay.yaml.example etc/relay/relay.yaml
+
+	vlicense LICENSE
+}