diff --git a/xorg-xbacklight/PKGBUILD b/xorg-xbacklight/PKGBUILD
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+# Maintainer: Drake Justice <djustice@chakraos.org>
+
+pkgname=xorg-xbacklight
+pkgver=1.2.1
+pkgrel=1
+pkgdesc="RandR-based backlight control application"
+arch=('x86_64')
+url="http://xorg.freedesktop.org/"
+license=('custom')
+depends=('xcb-util')
+makedepends=('xorg-util-macros')
+groups=('xorg-apps' 'xorg')
+source=(http://xorg.freedesktop.org/archive/individual/app/xbacklight-${pkgver}.tar.bz2)
+sha256sums=('17f6cf51a35eaa918abec36b7871d28b712c169312e22a0eaf1ffe8d6468362b')
+
+build() {
+  cd xbacklight-${pkgver}
+  ./configure --prefix=/usr
+  make
+}
+
+package() {
+  cd xbacklight-${pkgver}
+  make DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" install
+  install -Dm644 COPYING "${pkgdir}/usr/share/licenses/${pkgname}/COPYING"
+}
+