diff --git a/testing/elementary-settings-daemon/00-make-packagekit-optional.patch b/testing/elementary-settings-daemon/00-make-packagekit-optional.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..eee51291313
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testing/elementary-settings-daemon/00-make-packagekit-optional.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
+index 9b432ea..1d4d7c9 100644
+--- a/meson.build
++++ b/meson.build
+@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ glib_dep = dependency('glib-2.0')
+ granite_dep = dependency('granite', version: '>= 5.3.0')
+ gdk_pixbuf_dep = dependency('gdk-pixbuf-2.0')
+ gexiv2_dep = dependency('gexiv2')
+-pk_dep = dependency('packagekit-glib2')
++pk_dep = dependency('packagekit-glib2', required: false)
+ i18n = import('i18n')
+ gettext_name = meson.project_name()
+ 
+diff --git a/src/Application.vala b/src/Application.vala
+index 018b7b9..c15385d 100644
+--- a/src/Application.vala
++++ b/src/Application.vala
+@@ -78,9 +78,11 @@ public sealed class SettingsDaemon.Application : Gtk.Application {
+     protected override bool dbus_register (DBusConnection connection, string object_path) throws Error {
+         base.dbus_register (connection, object_path);
+ 
++#if PK_AVAILABLE
+         connection.register_object (object_path, new Backends.SystemUpdate ());
++#endif
+ 
+-#if UBUNTU_DRIVERS
++#if UBUNTU_DRIVERS && PK_AVAILABLE
+         connection.register_object (object_path, new Backends.UbuntuDrivers ());
+ #endif
+ 
+diff --git a/src/meson.build b/src/meson.build
+index 472148b..39b7525 100644
+--- a/src/meson.build
++++ b/src/meson.build
+@@ -9,12 +9,18 @@ sources = files(
+     'Backends/NightLightSettings.vala',
+     'Backends/PowerProfilesSync.vala',
+     'Backends/PrefersColorSchemeSettings.vala',
+-    'Backends/SystemUpdate.vala',
+-    'Utils/PkUtils.vala',
+     'Utils/SessionUtils.vala',
+     'Utils/SunriseSunsetCalculator.vala',
+ )
+ 
++if pk_dep.found()
++    sources += files(
++        'Backends/SystemUpdate.vala',
++        'Utils/PkUtils.vala',
++    )
++    args += '--define=PK_AVAILABLE'
++endif
++
+ args = []
+ 
+ if get_option('ubuntu_drivers')
diff --git a/testing/elementary-settings-daemon/APKBUILD b/testing/elementary-settings-daemon/APKBUILD
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..87e8717f5c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testing/elementary-settings-daemon/APKBUILD
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+# Contributor: Angelo Verlain <hey@vixalien.com>
+maintainer="Angelo Verlain <hey@vixalien.com>"
+pkgname=elementary-settings-daemon
+pkgver=8.3.0
+pkgrel=0
+pkgdesc="Elementary Settings Daemon"
+url="https://github.com/elementary/settings-daemon"
+# armhf, ppc64le and s390x blocked by fwpud
+arch="all !armhf !ppc64le !s390x"
+license="GPL-3.0-or-later"
+makedepends="
+	accountsservice-dev
+	coreutils
+	desktop-file-utils
+	fwupd-dev
+	geoclue-dev
+	gexiv2-dev
+	granite-dev
+	meson
+	vala
+	"
+subpackages="$pkgname-lang $pkgname-openrc"
+source="
+	$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz::https://github.com/elementary/settings-daemon/archive/refs/tags/$pkgver.tar.gz
+	00-make-packagekit-optional.patch
+	elementary-settings-daemon.initd
+	"
+# no tests
+options="!check"
+
+builddir="$srcdir/settings-daemon-$pkgver"
+
+build() {
+	abuild-meson \
+		-Dsystemdsystemunitdir=no \
+		-Dsystemduserunitdir=no \
+		-Dubuntu_drivers=false \
+	. output
+	meson compile -C output
+}
+
+check() {
+	meson test --print-errorlogs -C output
+}
+
+package() {
+	DESTDIR="$pkgdir" meson install --no-rebuild -C output
+
+	install -Dm755 "$srcdir"/elementary-settings-daemon.initd "$pkgdir"/etc/user/init.d/elementary-settings-daemon
+}
+
+sha512sums="
+6afb705389a1099aba744d11d53c1a2b02852f31532af6ae135e2a0a0e830d4f1b89be1057848c1182ec5a23feb7ffe419b521f87e767fe849c66bbdcf981255  elementary-settings-daemon-8.3.0.tar.gz
+51b08ca551c4e7d3c946526f534d56364a52ac98e96e855bc576b633895589235542a1758c5adf40fbbe4aaf1edbebec7e7524fc80b51cd9d690f69017c43cff  00-make-packagekit-optional.patch
+01f2d2866e57a7e1e7a63c51523d3decc5945aae859ea939199f7ddd66068d3eb791a11caf7e37a71017aa4dd0a006bc4197db9cae1172b0b1c92612e9dbf545  elementary-settings-daemon.initd
+"
diff --git a/testing/elementary-settings-daemon/elementary-settings-daemon.initd b/testing/elementary-settings-daemon/elementary-settings-daemon.initd
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2fb3d031917
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testing/elementary-settings-daemon/elementary-settings-daemon.initd
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#!/sbin/openrc-run
+
+description="Portal service (Elementary Settings Daemon)"
+
+command="/usr/libexec/io.elementary.settings-daemon.xdg-desktop-portal"
+
+supervisor=supervise-daemon
+error_logger="logger -t '${RC_SVCNAME}' -p daemon.error"
+
+depend() {
+	need dbus wireplumber
+	before pipewire-pulse
+}