diff --git a/recipes/wip/x11/leftwm/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/x11/leftwm/recipe.toml
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+#TODO: needs mkfifo in nix crate
+[source]
+git = "https://github.com/leftwm/leftwm"
+
+[build]
+dependencies = []
+template = "custom"
+script = """
+DYNAMIC_INIT
+COOKBOOK_SOURCE="${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/leftwm"
+cookbook_cargo
+"""