diff --git a/srcpkgs/rsync/files/rsyncd.conf b/srcpkgs/rsync/files/rsyncd.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..03f6de5210
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/rsync/files/rsyncd.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+uid = nobody
+gid = nogroup
+use chroot = no
+max connections = 16
diff --git a/srcpkgs/rsync/template b/srcpkgs/rsync/template
index bf71d5d0ab..6d00dd3b09 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/rsync/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/rsync/template
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ pkgname=rsync
 version=3.1.1
 revision=2
 build_style=gnu-configure
+conf_files="/etc/rsyncd.conf"
 hostmakedepends="perl"
 makedepends="zlib-devel acl-devel popt-devel"
 short_desc="Remote fast incremental file transfer tool"
@@ -13,5 +14,6 @@ distfiles="http://www.samba.org/ftp/rsync/src/rsync-$version.tar.gz"
 checksum=7de4364fcf5fe42f3bdb514417f1c40d10bbca896abe7e7f2c581c6ea08a2621
 
 post_install() {
+	vconf ${FILESDIR}/rsyncd.conf
 	vsv rsyncd
 }