diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index 8718d38ee4..6fc794de15 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -952,3 +952,4 @@ libgcr-base-3.so.1 		gcr			gcr-devel
 libwacom.so.2			libwacom		libwacom-devel
 libfarstream-0.1.so.0		farstream		farstream-devel
 libtelepathy-farstream.so.2	telepathy-farstream	telepathy-farstream-devel
+libass.so.4			libass			libass-devel
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libass-devel b/srcpkgs/libass-devel
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..541c510567
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libass-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+libass
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libass/depends b/srcpkgs/libass/depends
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..31a1d27c33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libass/depends
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+abi_depends=">=0.10.0"
+api_depends="${abi_depends}"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libass/libass-devel.template b/srcpkgs/libass/libass-devel.template
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bfe8066a91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libass/libass-devel.template
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Template file for 'libass-devel'.
+#
+short_desc="${short_desc} - development files"
+long_desc="${long_desc}
+
+ This package contains files for development, headers, static libs, etc."
+
+Add_dependency run fontconfig-devel
+Add_dependency run enca-devel
+Add_dependency run fribidi-devel
+Add_dependency run libass ">=${version}"
+
+noarch=yes
+
+do_install() {
+	vmove usr/include usr
+	vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig usr/lib
+}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libass/libass.rshlibs b/srcpkgs/libass/libass.rshlibs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..de92de1e29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libass/libass.rshlibs
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+libfreetype.so.6
+libfribidi.so.0
+libfontconfig.so.1
+libenca.so.0
+libm.so.6
+libc.so.6
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libass/template b/srcpkgs/libass/template
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..17ca0a86fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libass/template
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# Template build file for 'libass.
+pkgname=libass
+version=0.10.0
+distfiles="http://libass.googlecode.com/files/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
+build_style=gnu-configure
+configure_args="--disable-static"
+short_desc="A portable library for SSA/ASS subtitles rendering"
+maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
+homepage="http://xorg.freedesktop.org/"
+license="MIT"
+checksum=4da592020f6d7db889ec7bb09a2c78afa17b18eb86b9ffc6237d5a575ebd7541
+long_desc="
+ The $pkgname package contains $short_desc."
+
+subpackages="$pkgname-devel"
+Add_dependency build pkg-config
+Add_dependency build enca-devel
+Add_dependency build fontconfig-devel
+Add_dependency build fribidi-devel
+
+post_install() {
+	vinstall COPYING 644 usr/share/licenses/${pkgname}
+}