diff --git a/srcpkgs/weston/INSTALL.msg b/srcpkgs/weston/INSTALL.msg
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..907324979cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/weston/INSTALL.msg
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Add your user to the "weston-launch" group to be able to run weston
+with a regular user and then execute "weston-launch".
diff --git a/srcpkgs/weston/template b/srcpkgs/weston/template
index 4c49ee37d75..e931479d04a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/weston/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/weston/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'weston'.
 pkgname=weston
 version=1.7.0
-revision=1
+revision=2
 build_style=gnu-configure
 # XXX enable rdp compositor if freerdp is updated to >=1.1.
 configure_args="--enable-libinput-backend --disable-setuid-install
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ license="MIT"
 distfiles="http://wayland.freedesktop.org/releases/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
 checksum=1c4511945f3f476c24af712e82a7b500ae91a99cbc0fe2e381da1449125166cd
 
+system_groups="weston-launch"
 lib32disabled=yes
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config wayland-devel>=${version} autoconf automake libtool"
 makedepends="libpng-devel>=1.6 wayland-devel>=${version} libxkbcommon-devel