diff --git a/st-xrdb/.footprint b/st-xrdb/.footprint
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c5a5ff60d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/st-xrdb/.footprint
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/
+drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/bin/
+-rwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/bin/st
+drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/share/
+drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/share/man/
+drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/share/man/man1/
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/share/man/man1/st.1.gz
diff --git a/st-xrdb/.signature b/st-xrdb/.signature
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9dd0a2355
--- /dev/null
+++ b/st-xrdb/.signature
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+untrusted comment: verify with /etc/ports/stenur.pub
+RWQEMWjN1NA435WI1z1mzkcWmD5FV2/fOZP2j9M95I6uayJqiKXKmAAYFq5Dm5NhAwPKkVRPB3rASChkdrv6hsWUmWr55Rll2Qo=
+SHA256 (Pkgfile) = a851c6d51f52b8717b22bb8a25b15c1860f614109bd4599adb8bc1fbe24426d6
+SHA256 (.footprint) = 691a6289f6a50fbf5ac809a9575739a0cf939045f0b1b24f28847765a13a620b
+SHA256 (st-0.8.4.tar.gz) = d42d3ceceb4d6a65e32e90a5336e3d446db612c3fbd9ebc1780bc6c9a03346a6
+SHA256 (st-xrdb.patch) = fde468790e3574f1ebfc9e56742e17e5eca33ee94e6b093b58f2e61457c9938c
diff --git a/st-xrdb/Pkgfile b/st-xrdb/Pkgfile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dae2dd07b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/st-xrdb/Pkgfile
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Description: Simple terminal emulator for X, with X resource support (patch)
+# URL:         https://st.suckless.org
+# Maintainer:  Steffen Nurpmeso, steffen at sdaoden dot eu
+# Depends on:  fontconfig freetype xorg-libx11 xorg-libxext xorg-libxft 
+
+name=st-xrdb
+version=0.8.4
+release=2
+realn=st
+source=(https://dl.suckless.org/$realn/$realn-$version.tar.gz \
+   st-xrdb.patch)
+
+build() {
+   cd $realn-$version
+
+   patch -p1 -i $SRC/st-xrdb.patch
+
+   sed -i '/tic/d' Makefile
+
+   make CC="${CC:-cc}" PREFIX=/usr \
+         X11INC=/usr/include/X11 X11LIB=/usr/lib \
+         DESTDIR="$PKG" \
+      all install
+}
+
+# s-sh-mode
diff --git a/st-xrdb/st-xrdb.patch b/st-xrdb/st-xrdb.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9a7fddfb7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/st-xrdb/st-xrdb.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,204 @@
+diff --git a/config.def.h b/config.def.h
+index 6f05dce..b1c2ccc 100644
+--- a/config.def.h
++++ b/config.def.h
+@@ -120,6 +120,8 @@ static const char *colorname[] = {
+ 	/* more colors can be added after 255 to use with DefaultXX */
+ 	"#cccccc",
+ 	"#555555",
++	"gray90",
++	"black"
+ };
+ 
+ 
+@@ -127,8 +129,8 @@ static const char *colorname[] = {
+  * Default colors (colorname index)
+  * foreground, background, cursor, reverse cursor
+  */
+-unsigned int defaultfg = 7;
+-unsigned int defaultbg = 0;
++unsigned int defaultfg = 258;
++unsigned int defaultbg = 259;
+ static unsigned int defaultcs = 256;
+ static unsigned int defaultrcs = 257;
+ 
+@@ -168,6 +170,42 @@ static unsigned int defaultattr = 11;
+  */
+ static uint forcemousemod = ShiftMask;
+ 
++/*
++ * Xresources preferences to load at startup
++ */
++ResourcePref resources[] = {
++		{ "font",         STRING,  &font },
++		{ "color0",       STRING,  &colorname[0] },
++		{ "color1",       STRING,  &colorname[1] },
++		{ "color2",       STRING,  &colorname[2] },
++		{ "color3",       STRING,  &colorname[3] },
++		{ "color4",       STRING,  &colorname[4] },
++		{ "color5",       STRING,  &colorname[5] },
++		{ "color6",       STRING,  &colorname[6] },
++		{ "color7",       STRING,  &colorname[7] },
++		{ "color8",       STRING,  &colorname[8] },
++		{ "color9",       STRING,  &colorname[9] },
++		{ "color10",      STRING,  &colorname[10] },
++		{ "color11",      STRING,  &colorname[11] },
++		{ "color12",      STRING,  &colorname[12] },
++		{ "color13",      STRING,  &colorname[13] },
++		{ "color14",      STRING,  &colorname[14] },
++		{ "color15",      STRING,  &colorname[15] },
++		{ "background",   STRING,  &colorname[259] },
++		{ "foreground",   STRING,  &colorname[258] },
++		{ "cursorColor",  STRING,  &colorname[256] },
++		{ "termname",     STRING,  &termname },
++		{ "shell",        STRING,  &shell },
++		{ "minlatency",   INTEGER, &minlatency },
++		{ "maxlatency",   INTEGER, &maxlatency },
++		{ "blinktimeout", INTEGER, &blinktimeout },
++		{ "bellvolume",   INTEGER, &bellvolume },
++		{ "tabspaces",    INTEGER, &tabspaces },
++		{ "borderpx",     INTEGER, &borderpx },
++		{ "cwscale",      FLOAT,   &cwscale },
++		{ "chscale",      FLOAT,   &chscale },
++};
++
+ /*
+  * Internal mouse shortcuts.
+  * Beware that overloading Button1 will disable the selection.
+@@ -175,10 +213,12 @@ static uint forcemousemod = ShiftMask;
+ static MouseShortcut mshortcuts[] = {
+ 	/* mask                 button   function        argument       release */
+ 	{ XK_ANY_MOD,           Button2, selpaste,       {.i = 0},      1 },
++	/*
+ 	{ ShiftMask,            Button4, ttysend,        {.s = "\033[5;2~"} },
+ 	{ XK_ANY_MOD,           Button4, ttysend,        {.s = "\031"} },
+ 	{ ShiftMask,            Button5, ttysend,        {.s = "\033[6;2~"} },
+ 	{ XK_ANY_MOD,           Button5, ttysend,        {.s = "\005"} },
++	*/
+ };
+ 
+ /* Internal keyboard shortcuts. */
+diff --git a/x.c b/x.c
+index 210f184..76f167f 100644
+--- a/x.c
++++ b/x.c
+@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
+ #include <X11/keysym.h>
+ #include <X11/Xft/Xft.h>
+ #include <X11/XKBlib.h>
++#include <X11/Xresource.h>
+ 
+ char *argv0;
+ #include "arg.h"
+@@ -45,6 +46,19 @@ typedef struct {
+ 	signed char appcursor; /* application cursor */
+ } Key;
+ 
++/* Xresources preferences */
++enum resource_type {
++	STRING = 0,
++	INTEGER = 1,
++	FLOAT = 2
++};
++
++typedef struct {
++	char *name;
++	enum resource_type type;
++	void *dst;
++} ResourcePref;
++
+ /* X modifiers */
+ #define XK_ANY_MOD    UINT_MAX
+ #define XK_NO_MOD     0
+@@ -828,8 +842,8 @@ xclear(int x1, int y1, int x2, int y2)
+ void
+ xhints(void)
+ {
+-	XClassHint class = {opt_name ? opt_name : termname,
+-	                    opt_class ? opt_class : termname};
++	XClassHint class = {opt_name ? opt_name : "st",
++	                    opt_class ? opt_class : "St"};
+ 	XWMHints wm = {.flags = InputHint, .input = 1};
+ 	XSizeHints *sizeh;
+ 
+@@ -1104,8 +1118,6 @@ xinit(int cols, int rows)
+ 	pid_t thispid = getpid();
+ 	XColor xmousefg, xmousebg;
+ 
+-	if (!(xw.dpy = XOpenDisplay(NULL)))
+-		die("can't open display\n");
+ 	xw.scr = XDefaultScreen(xw.dpy);
+ 	xw.vis = XDefaultVisual(xw.dpy, xw.scr);
+ 
+@@ -1964,6 +1976,59 @@ run(void)
+ 	}
+ }
+ 
++int
++resource_load(XrmDatabase db, char *name, enum resource_type rtype, void *dst)
++{
++	char **sdst = dst;
++	int *idst = dst;
++	float *fdst = dst;
++
++	char fullname[256];
++	char fullclass[256];
++	char *type;
++	XrmValue ret;
++
++	snprintf(fullname, sizeof(fullname), "%s.%s",
++			opt_name ? opt_name : "st", name);
++	snprintf(fullclass, sizeof(fullclass), "%s.%s",
++			opt_class ? opt_class : "St", name);
++	fullname[sizeof(fullname) - 1] = fullclass[sizeof(fullclass) - 1] = '\0';
++
++	XrmGetResource(db, fullname, fullclass, &type, &ret);
++	if (ret.addr == NULL || strncmp("String", type, 64))
++		return 1;
++
++	switch (rtype) {
++	case STRING:
++		*sdst = ret.addr;
++		break;
++	case INTEGER:
++		*idst = strtoul(ret.addr, NULL, 10);
++		break;
++	case FLOAT:
++		*fdst = strtof(ret.addr, NULL);
++		break;
++	}
++	return 0;
++}
++
++void
++config_init(void)
++{
++	char *resm;
++	XrmDatabase db;
++	ResourcePref *p;
++
++	XrmInitialize();
++	resm = XResourceManagerString(xw.dpy);
++	if (!resm)
++		return;
++
++	db = XrmGetStringDatabase(resm);
++	for (p = resources; p < resources + LEN(resources); p++)
++		resource_load(db, p->name, p->type, p->dst);
++}
++
+ void
+ usage(void)
+ {
+@@ -2037,6 +2102,11 @@ run:
+ 
+ 	setlocale(LC_CTYPE, "");
+ 	XSetLocaleModifiers("");
++
++	if(!(xw.dpy = XOpenDisplay(NULL)))
++		die("Can't open display\n");
++
++	config_init();
+ 	cols = MAX(cols, 1);
+ 	rows = MAX(rows, 1);
+ 	tnew(cols, rows);