diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index fd62f8f588..ca5a19d835 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -1777,3 +1777,4 @@ libwpg-0.3.so.3 libwpg-0.3.0_1
 libvigraimpex.so.5 vigra-1.10.0_1
 libhyphen.so.0 hyphen-2.8.8_1
 libmythes-1.2.so.0 mythes-1.2.4_1
+liblpsolve55.so lpsolve-5.5.2.0_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/lpsolve-devel b/srcpkgs/lpsolve-devel
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..20d5e49723
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/lpsolve-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+lpsolve
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/lpsolve/template b/srcpkgs/lpsolve/template
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1876160bbe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/lpsolve/template
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+# Template file for 'lpsolve'
+pkgname=lpsolve
+version=5.5.2.0
+revision=1
+wrksrc=lp_solve_${version%.*.*}
+short_desc="Mixed Integer Linear Programming (MILP) solver"
+maintainer="Enno Boland <eb@s01.de>"
+license="GPL"
+homepage="http://sourceforge.net/projects/lpsolve"
+distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/$pkgname/lp_solve_${version}_source.tar.gz"
+checksum=5827a30b143105283f398a09419ea608719a2d7699ecea165a66d521803bcc9c
+
+do_configure() {
+	sed -i \
+		-e 's/^c=cc/c="$CC"/' \
+		-e 's/^opts=.*/opts="$CFLAGS"/' \
+		-e 's/^PLATFORM=.*/PLATFORM=/' \
+	lp_solve/ccc lpsolve55/ccc
+}
+
+do_build() {
+	cd lpsolve55
+	sh -x ccc
+	cd ../lp_solve
+	sh -x ccc
+	cd ..
+}
+
+do_install() {
+	vmkdir usr/bin
+	vmkdir usr/lib
+	vmkdir usr/include/lpsolve
+
+	vinstall lp_solve/bin/lp_solve 755 usr/bin/
+	vinstall lpsolve55/bin/liblpsolve55.so 755 usr/lib/
+	vcopy lp*.h usr/include/lpsolve/
+}
+
+lpsolve-devel_package() {
+	depends="lpsolve>=${version}_${revision}"
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/include
+	}
+}