diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index 79fb5f3baf..3849013961 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -1351,3 +1351,4 @@ libkgapi.so.1 libkgapi-2.0.1_1
 libkgapi2.so.2 libkgapi-2.0.1_1
 libqoauth.so.1 qoauth-1.0.1_1
 libIrrlicht.so.1.8 irrlicht-1.8_1
+libsnappy.so.1 snappy-1.1.0_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/snappy-devel b/srcpkgs/snappy-devel
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..aadd51a496
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/snappy-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+snappy
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/snappy/template b/srcpkgs/snappy/template
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..af9b725b31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/snappy/template
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# Template file for 'snappy'
+pkgname=snappy
+version=1.1.0
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-configure
+makedepends="zlib-devel lzo-devel"
+short_desc="A fast compressor/decompressor library"
+maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
+homepage="http://code.google.com/p/snappy/"
+license="BSD"
+distfiles="http://snappy.googlecode.com/files/snappy-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=1fa82bc588bb93fa74dfc0e2e9b7d63b6e2a20ede323ef42bf0af0f947676160
+
+snappy-devel_package() {
+	depends="${sourcepkg}-${version}_${revision}"
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/include
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.a"
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.so"
+	}
+}
+
+snappy_package() {
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr
+	}
+}