diff --git a/main/socat/APKBUILD b/main/socat/APKBUILD
index c55401caaef1fb5a62aa37d7c2f2dffcc1631697..72107e27e4fff508574b1e3918d0e4f6667eaabc 100644
--- a/main/socat/APKBUILD
+++ b/main/socat/APKBUILD
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ arch="all"
 license="GPL-2.0-only WITH OpenSSL-Exception"
 makedepends="openssl-dev>3 readline-dev linux-headers"
 checkdepends="bash"
-subpackages="$pkgname-doc"
+subpackages="$pkgname-doc $pkgname-scripts"
 source="http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/download/socat-$pkgver.tar.gz
 	use-linux-headers.patch
 	netdb-internal.patch
@@ -40,6 +40,13 @@ package() {
 	make DESTDIR="$pkgdir" install
 }
 
+scripts() {
+	pkgdesc="$pkgdesc (helper scripts)"
+	depends="$pkgname=$pkgver-r$pkgrel bash"
+
+	amove usr/bin/socat-*.sh
+}
+
 sha512sums="
 edf459a9f1907a14025e13b3101ad29787f9a72795cffcd00017ce98847562884db29a95b9ae478a6a50868137548b142947c43fb18e975eb5853a763c42902c  socat-1.8.0.0.tar.gz
 2032b6528cb27b69d8fb6a6f64af32fcc1f6e4934bb0d7c8931b38ab7ad5e27f6f4344a6cf49751fa3178cd725f954e195373362f7d5929e587d7f0309346059  use-linux-headers.patch