diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index 687bd240a5..2626db7457 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -3790,3 +3790,4 @@ libjanet.so.1.7 janet-1.7.0_1
 libOpenImageDenoise.so.0 openimagedenoise-1.1.0_1
 libblosc.so.1 c-blosc-1.17.1_1
 libopenvdb.so.7.0 openvdb-7.0.0_1
+libAlembic.so.1.7 alembic-1.7.12_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/alembic-devel b/srcpkgs/alembic-devel
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..3ea106744e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/alembic-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+alembic
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/alembic/template b/srcpkgs/alembic/template
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..50fe33c302
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/alembic/template
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# Template file for 'alembic'
+pkgname=alembic
+version=1.7.12
+revision=1
+build_style=cmake
+configure_args="-DALEMBIC_LIB_USES_TR1=1"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
+makedepends="zlib-devel ilmbase-devel libatomic-devel"
+short_desc="Open framework for storing and sharing scene data"
+maintainer="Orphaned <orphan@voidlinux.org>"
+license="BSD-3-Clause, MIT"
+homepage="https://alembic.io"
+distfiles="https://github.com/alembic/alembic/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=6c603b87c9a3eaa13618e577dd9ef5277018cdcd09ac82d3c196ad8bed6a1b48
+
+if [ -z "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
+	makedepends+=" hdf5-devel"
+fi
+
+post_install() {
+	vlicense LICENSE.txt
+}
+
+alembic-devel_package() {
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
+	depends="${makedepends} ${sourcepkg}-${version}_${revision}"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/include
+		vmove usr/lib/*.so
+		vmove usr/lib/cmake
+	}
+}