diff --git a/basu/.footprint b/basu/.footprint
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ed5234a39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/basu/.footprint
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/
+drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/bin/
+-rwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/bin/basuctl
+drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/include/
+drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/include/basu/
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/include/basu/_sd-common.h
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/include/basu/sd-bus-protocol.h
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/include/basu/sd-bus-vtable.h
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/include/basu/sd-bus.h
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/include/basu/sd-id128.h
+drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/
+lrwxrwxrwx	root/root	usr/lib/libbasu.so -> libbasu.so.0
+-rwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/libbasu.so.0
+drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/pkgconfig/
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/pkgconfig/basu.pc
diff --git a/basu/.signature b/basu/.signature
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index 000000000..7daedd770
--- /dev/null
+++ b/basu/.signature
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+untrusted comment: verify with /etc/ports/contrib.pub
+RWSagIOpLGJF3wfYYX5tpJgzCAxO/6ZwPtkKouJGtUhQPr8L0fMmsCWG9nw9fNuvDGgvCpSeG916TLmZQHvTraBr7P9SVjVjNw8=
+SHA256 (Pkgfile) = 544574aacbbc3678a31c17b13962f834bc5e75953c997a779e35875f6129e5d1
+SHA256 (.footprint) = 65dacdf4bf7c03f8ed88cc9733271b759abb9acef92c91b89a5e351b8a323b16
+SHA256 (basu-0.2.0.tar.gz) = e2fda9b69fc6c4530173fcf8db94c29aa5f3ed932d948cc6a31892623cde5e4b
diff --git a/basu/Pkgfile b/basu/Pkgfile
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index 000000000..efb525334
--- /dev/null
+++ b/basu/Pkgfile
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+# Description: The sd-bus library, extracted from systemd
+# URL: https://git.sr.ht/~emersion/basu
+# Maintainer: Tim Biermann, tbier at posteo dot de
+# Depends on: dbus meson ninja
+
+name=basu
+version=0.2.0
+release=1
+source=(https://github.com/emersion/basu/archive/v$version/$name-$version.tar.gz)
+
+build() {
+  meson $name-$version build \
+    --prefix=/usr \
+    --buildtype=plain \
+    --wrap-mode nodownload \
+    -D b_lto=true \
+    -D b_pie=true \
+    -D system-bus-address='unix:path=/var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket' \
+    -D nobody-user=nobody
+  meson compile -C build
+  DESTDIR=$PKG meson install -C build
+}