diff --git a/core/smdev.d/Makefile b/core/smdev.d/Makefile
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+package=smdev
+version=8d07540c417e3a31942028318197c89b640278d5
+pkgver=${version}_0
+description=suckless mdev
+homepage=http://git.suckless.org/smdev
+license=MIT/X Consortium License
+
+SOURCES = \
+	${package}
+
+FILES = \
+	files/Makefile
+
+include ../../Makefile
+
+${package}:
+	export url=git://git.suckless.org pkg=$@ commit=${version} && ${GITCLONE}
+	${SHA256D} "72696381df1e5601a7d9b51f2af1e2df0fc4a33b7e06b8e62fe60c9cef180e19"
+
+prepare: ${SOURCES}
+	mv    ${package}     build
+	mv -f files/Makefile build/
+
+	sed '/#include "util.h"/a#include <sys/sysmacros.h>' build/smdev.c > _
+	mv -f _ build/smdev.c
+
+root:
+	${MAKE}
+	install -Dm 755 smdev "${root}/usr/bin/smdev"
+
diff --git a/core/smdev.d/files/Makefile b/core/smdev.d/files/Makefile
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+include config.mk
+
+.POSIX:
+.SUFFIXES: .c .o
+
+LIB = \
+	util/agetcwd.o      \
+	util/apathmax.o     \
+	util/dev.o          \
+	util/eprintf.o      \
+	util/estrtol.o      \
+	util/mkpath.o       \
+	util/recurse.o      \
+	util/strlcpy.o
+
+BIN = smdev
+
+OBJ = $(BIN).o $(LIB)
+MAN = $(BIN).1
+
+all: options $(BIN)
+
+options:
+	@echo mdev build options:
+	@echo "CFLAGS   = $(CFLAGS)"
+	@echo "LDFLAGS  = $(LDFLAGS)"
+	@echo "CC       = $(CC)"
+
+$(BIN): $(BIN).o
+
+$(OBJ): config.h util.h config.mk
+
+config.h:
+	@echo creating $@ from config.def.h
+	@cp config.def.h $@
+
+.o: util.a
+	@echo LD $@
+	@$(LD) -o $@ $< util.a $(LDFLAGS)
+
+.c.o:
+	@echo CC $<
+	@$(CC) -c -o $@ $< $(CFLAGS)
+
+util.a: $(LIB)
+	@echo AR $@
+	@$(AR) -r -c $@ $(LIB)
+
+install: all
+	@echo installing executable to $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin
+	@mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin
+	@cp -f $(BIN) $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin
+	@cd $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin && chmod 755 $(BIN)
+
+uninstall:
+	@echo removing executable from $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin
+	@cd $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin && rm -f $(BIN)
+
+clean:
+	@echo cleaning
+	@rm -f $(BIN) $(OBJ) $(LIB) util.a