diff --git a/srcpkgs/acpid/files/acpid/run b/srcpkgs/acpid/files/acpid/run
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..5baf800e57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/acpid/files/acpid/run
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+exec acpid -f
diff --git a/srcpkgs/acpid/files/acpid/supervise b/srcpkgs/acpid/files/acpid/supervise
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..5b27b65216
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/acpid/files/acpid/supervise
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/run/runit/supervise.acpid
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/acpid/template b/srcpkgs/acpid/template
index 53faa0785d..6d7be1a30a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/acpid/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/acpid/template
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 # Template file for 'acpid'
 pkgname=acpid
 version=2.0.23
-revision=1
+revision=2
+replaces="runit-void<20141013_2"
 build_style=gnu-configure
 conf_files="/etc/acpi/events/anything /etc/acpi/handler.sh"
 short_desc="The ACPI Daemon (acpid) With Netlink Support"
@@ -23,4 +24,5 @@ post_install() {
 	fi
 	vinstall ${FILESDIR}/handler.sh 755 etc/acpi
 	vinstall ${FILESDIR}/anything 644 etc/acpi/events
+	vsv acpid
 }