diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index 0e8915a360..38015235b2 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -1600,3 +1600,4 @@ libIexMath-2_1.so.11 ilmbase-2.1.0_1
 libIlmThread-2_1.so.11 ilmbase-2.1.0_1
 libHalf.so.11 ilmbase-2.1.0_1
 libImath-2_1.so.11 ilmbase-2.1.0_1
+libIlmImf-Imf_2_1.so.21 libopenexr-2.1.0_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libopenexr b/srcpkgs/libopenexr
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..367140f243
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libopenexr
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+openexr
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libopenexr-devel b/srcpkgs/libopenexr-devel
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..367140f243
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libopenexr-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+openexr
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/openexr/template b/srcpkgs/openexr/template
index e3984738e6..d76fbfc720 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/openexr/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/openexr/template
@@ -1,20 +1,39 @@
 # Template file for 'openexr'
 pkgname=openexr
 version=2.1.0
-revision=1
+revision=2
 build_style=gnu-configure
-CFLAGS="-fPIC"
-CXXFLAGS="-fPIC -lrt"
 maintainer="Carlo Dormeletti <carlo.dormeletti@email.it>"
 homepage="http://www.openexr.com/"
 license="BSD"
-short_desc="OpenEXR is a high dynamic-range (HDR) image file format"
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config "
+short_desc="High dynamic-range (HDR) image file format"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
 makedepends="ilmbase-devel zlib-devel"
 distfiles="http://download.savannah.nongnu.org/releases/${pkgname}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum="54486b454073c1dcb5ae9892cf0f730ffefe62f38176325281505093fd218a14" 
 
+LDFLAGS="-lrt"
+
 post_install(){
     # license
-    vinstall ${wrksrc}/LICENSE 644 usr/share/licenses/${pkgname}
+    vinstall LICENSE 644 usr/share/licenses/${pkgname}
+}
+
+libopenexr_package() {
+	short_desc+=" - runtime libraries"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/lib/*.so.*
+	}
+}
+
+libopenexr-devel_package() {
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
+	depends="zlib-devel ilmbase-devel libopenexr>=${version}_${revision}"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/include
+		vmove usr/lib/*.a
+		vmove usr/lib/*.so
+		vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
+		vmove usr/share
+	}
 }