diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index baf936fc4d..a45f77e32c 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -3786,3 +3786,4 @@ libcaribou.so.0 libcaribou-0.4.21_3
 libtinyclipboard.so.1 tinyclipboard-16.01_1
 libcbor.so.0 libcbor-0.5.0_1
 libfido2.so.1 libfido2-1.3.0_1
+libjanet.so.1.7 janet-1.7.0_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/janet-devel b/srcpkgs/janet-devel
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..52a581fc5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/janet-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+janet
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/janet/patches/dynlink.patch b/srcpkgs/janet/patches/dynlink.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..007c4653d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/janet/patches/dynlink.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+--- Makefile.orig
++++ Makefile
+@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
+ JANET_BUILD?="\"$(shell git log --pretty=format:'%h' -n 1 || 'local')\""
+ CLIBS=-lm -lpthread
+ JANET_TARGET=build/janet
+-JANET_LIBRARY=build/libjanet.so
++JANET_LIBRARY=build/libjanet.so.$(JANET_SONAME)
+ JANET_STATIC_LIBRARY=build/libjanet.a
+ JANET_PATH?=$(LIBDIR)/janet
+ MANPATH?=$(PREFIX)/share/man/man1/
+--- Makefile.orig
++++ Makefile
+@@ -161,11 +161,11 @@
+ build/shell.o: build/shell.c build/janet.h build/janetconf.h
+ 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c $< -o $@ -I build
+ 
+-$(JANET_TARGET): build/janet.o build/shell.o
+-	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -o $@ $^ $(CLIBS)
++$(JANET_TARGET): $(JANET_LIBRARY) build/shell.o
++	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -o $@ $^ $(CLIBS) $(JANET_LIBRARY)
+ 
+ $(JANET_LIBRARY): build/janet.o build/shell.o
+-	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -shared -o $@ $^ $(CLIBS)
++	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -shared -Wl,-soname=libjanet.so.$(JANET_SONAME) -o $@ $^ $(CLIBS)
+ 
+ $(JANET_STATIC_LIBRARY): build/janet.o build/shell.o
+ 	$(AR) rcs $@ $^
+--- Makefile.orig
++++ Makefile
+@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@
+ 	echo "Name: janet" >> $@
+ 	echo "Url: https://janet-lang.org" >> $@
+ 	echo "Description: Library for the Janet programming language." >> $@
+-	$(JANET_TARGET) -e '(print "Version: " janet/version)' >> $@
++	echo "Version: $(JANET_VERSION)" >> $@
+ 	echo 'Cflags: -I$${includedir}' >> $@
+ 	echo 'Libs: -L$${libdir} -ljanet $(LDFLAGS)' >> $@
+ 	echo 'Libs.private: $(CLIBS)' >> $@
diff --git a/srcpkgs/janet/template b/srcpkgs/janet/template
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4acd014054
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/janet/template
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+# Template file for 'janet'
+pkgname=janet
+version=1.7.0
+revision=1
+_soname="${version%.*}"
+build_style=gnu-makefile
+make_use_env=yes
+make_build_args="all build/janet.pc JANET_BUILD=\\\"release\\\"
+ PREFIX=/usr JANET_SONAME=${_soname} JANET_VERSION=${version}"
+make_check_target="test"
+make_check_args="JANET_SONAME=${_soname}"
+short_desc="Dynamic Lisp dialect and bytecode VM"
+maintainer="Leah Neukirchen <leah@vuxu.org>"
+license="MIT"
+homepage="https://janet-lang.org/"
+distfiles="https://github.com/janet-lang/janet/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=2a119f3a79b209a858864e73ca3efda57ac044df3c89762a31480bbea386d2a3
+
+pre_build() {
+	CC="$BUILD_CC" CFLAGS="$BUILD_CFLAGS" \
+		make build/janet.c JANET_BUILD=\\\"release\\\"
+}
+
+pre_check() {
+	export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$wrksrc/build
+}
+
+do_install() {
+	vbin build/janet
+	vbin auxbin/jpm
+
+	vmkdir usr/include/janet
+	vcopy src/include/janet.h usr/include/janet
+	vcopy src/conf/janetconf.h usr/include/janet
+	vmkdir usr/lib/pkgconfig
+	vcopy build/libjanet.a usr/lib
+	vcopy build/libjanet.so.${_soname} usr/lib
+	ln -s libjanet.so.${_soname} ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/libjanet.so
+	vcopy build/janet.pc usr/lib/pkgconfig
+
+	vman janet.1
+	vman jpm.1
+
+	vlicense LICENSE
+}
+
+janet-devel_package() {
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
+	depends="${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/include
+		vmove usr/lib/*.a
+		vmove usr/lib/*.so
+		vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
+	}
+}