diff --git a/app-utils/keyd/autobuild/beyond b/app-utils/keyd/autobuild/beyond
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ae394328ce4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app-utils/keyd/autobuild/beyond
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+abinfo "Installing helper scripts"
+
+install -vDm 755 \
+  -t "$PKGDIR"/usr/share/keyd/ \
+  "$SRCDIR"/scripts/generate_xcompose \
+  "$SRCDIR"/scripts/dump-xkb-config
diff --git a/app-utils/keyd/autobuild/build b/app-utils/keyd/autobuild/build
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ed25e6a9ec90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app-utils/keyd/autobuild/build
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+abinfo "Building keyd"
+
+make PREFIX=/usr
+
+abinfo "Installing keyd"
+
+make PREFIX=/usr DESTDIR="$PKGDIR/" install
diff --git a/app-utils/keyd/autobuild/defines b/app-utils/keyd/autobuild/defines
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6c67a5bd262b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app-utils/keyd/autobuild/defines
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+PKGNAME=keyd
+PKGSEC=utils
+PKGDEP="perl"
+PKGRECOM="python-3 python-xlib dbus-python"
+PKGDES="A low-level key remapping daemon for linux"
+
+ABTYPE=self
diff --git a/app-utils/keyd/autobuild/overrides/usr/lib/sysusers.d/keyd.conf b/app-utils/keyd/autobuild/overrides/usr/lib/sysusers.d/keyd.conf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6dd468970bc2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app-utils/keyd/autobuild/overrides/usr/lib/sysusers.d/keyd.conf
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+g keyd
diff --git a/app-utils/keyd/spec b/app-utils/keyd/spec
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..40c9680d9ab6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app-utils/keyd/spec
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+VER=2.5.0
+SRCS="git::commit=tags/v$VER::https://github.com/rvaiya/keyd.git"
+CHKSUMS="SKIP"
+CHKUPDATE="anitya::id=236441"