diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index e1333d097c..c23777289f 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -2845,3 +2845,4 @@ libbaccfg-7.4.7.so bacula-common-7.4.7_1
 libbacfind-7.4.7.so bacula-common-7.4.7_1
 libbacsql-7.4.7.so bacula-common-7.4.7_1
 libbaccats-7.4.7.so bacula-common-7.4.7_1
+libsuperlu.so.5 superlu-5.2.1_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/superlu-devel b/srcpkgs/superlu-devel
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..72ce48b1f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/superlu-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+superlu
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/superlu/template b/srcpkgs/superlu/template
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d79d9938f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/superlu/template
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+# Template file for 'superlu'
+pkgname=superlu
+version=5.2.1
+revision=1
+build_style=cmake
+hostmakedepends="gcc-fortran"
+makedepends="openblas-devel"
+short_desc="Solution of large, sparse, nonsymmetric systems of linear equations"
+maintainer="Julien Dehos <dehos@lisic.univ-littoral.fr>"
+license="BSD"
+homepage="http://crd-legacy.lbl.gov/~xiaoye/SuperLU/"
+distfiles="http://crd-legacy.lbl.gov/~xiaoye/SuperLU/${pkgname}_${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=28fb66d6107ee66248d5cf508c79de03d0621852a0ddeba7301801d3d859f463
+configure_args="-DUSE_XSDK_DEFAULTS=TRUE"
+wrksrc="SuperLU_${version}"
+
+pre_configure() {
+	export LDFLAGS="-fPIC"
+}
+
+post_install() {
+	vlicense License.txt
+}
+
+superlu-devel_package() {
+	depends="${sourcepkg}-${version}_${revision}"
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove "usr/include"
+		vmove "usr/lib/libsuperlu.so"
+	}
+}
+