diff --git a/extra/pinentry/build b/extra/pinentry/build
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+++ b/extra/pinentry/build
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/bin/sh -e
+
+# TODO(nitori): fix this so curses pinentry can be enabled
+# pinentry-curses.c:283:18: warning: implicit declaration of function 'addnwstr'; did you mean 'addnstr'? [-Wimplicit-function-declaration]
+#   283 | #define ADDCH(x) addnwstr (&x, 1);
+#       |                  ^~~~~~~~
+# [...]
+# /usr/bin/ld: ../pinentry/libpinentry-curses.a(libpinentry_curses_a-pinentry-curses.o): undefined reference to symbol 'cbreak'
+# /usr/bin/ld: /usr/lib/libtinfow.so.6: error adding symbols: DSO missing from command line
+# collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
+./configure --prefix=/usr \
+	--disable-pinentry-qt5 \
+	--disable-pinentry-curses \
+	--enable-pinentry-tty
+
+make
+make DESTDIR="$1" install
diff --git a/extra/pinentry/checksums b/extra/pinentry/checksums
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index 00000000..6a48a770
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+++ b/extra/pinentry/checksums
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+a62b6e45cf712fb51ad78d36716e20581a269a4276871f1869f29fcf73bb16d6be
diff --git a/extra/pinentry/sources b/extra/pinentry/sources
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index 00000000..3ac73e0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extra/pinentry/sources
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+https://www.gnupg.org/ftp/gcrypt/pinentry/pinentry-1.2.1.tar.bz2
diff --git a/extra/pinentry/version b/extra/pinentry/version
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index 00000000..cd3d02bc
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+++ b/extra/pinentry/version
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+1.2.1 1