diff --git a/main/suricata-devel b/main/suricata-devel
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+suricata
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diff --git a/main/suricata/template.py b/main/suricata/template.py
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+pkgname = "suricata"
+pkgver = "7.0.7"
+pkgrel = 0
+build_style = "gnu_configure"
+configure_args = [
+    "--disable-gccmarch-native",
+    "--enable-bundled-htp",
+    "--enable-gccprotect",
+    "--enable-geoip",
+    "--enable-hiredis",
+    "--enable-luajit",
+    "--enable-nspr",
+    "--enable-nss",
+]
+hostmakedepends = ["automake", "cargo", "libtool", "pkgconf"]
+makedepends = [
+    "hiredis-devel",
+    "jansson-devel",
+    "libevent-devel",
+    "libmaxminddb-devel",
+    "libpcap-devel",
+    "libyaml-devel",
+    "luajit-devel",
+    "lz4-devel",
+    "nspr-devel",
+    "nss-devel",
+    "pcre2-devel",
+]
+pkgdesc = "High Performance Network IDS, IPS and Security Monitoring engine"
+maintainer = "Renato Botelho do Couto <renato@netgate.com>"
+license = "GPL-2.0-or-later"
+url = "https://suricata.io"
+source = (
+    f"https://www.openinfosecfoundation.org/download/suricata-{pkgver}.tar.gz"
+)
+sha256 = "26d0a36194d53080fc8b09b999b2b5a83c4049f40ad07ef6ae69c7225a728b86"
+
+
+@subpackage("suricata-devel")
+def _(self):
+    return self.default_devel()