diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index 1f3f9e2451..ed66f23ebf 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -3121,6 +3121,8 @@ libeog.so eog-3.28.0_4
 ibfreexl.so.1 freexl-1.0.5_1
 libgeos-3.6.2.so geos-3.6.2_1
 libgeos_c.so.1 geos-3.6.2_1
+libspatialindex.so.4 libspatialindex-1.8.5_1
+libspatialindex_c.so.4 libspatialindex-1.8.5_1
 liboctave.so.4 octave-4.2.1_8
 liboctinterp.so.4 octave-4.2.1_8
 liboctgui.so.2 octave-4.2.1_8
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libspatialindex-devel b/srcpkgs/libspatialindex-devel
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..66e3a979cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libspatialindex-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+libspatialindex
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libspatialindex/template b/srcpkgs/libspatialindex/template
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..88c7e008bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libspatialindex/template
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# Template file for 'libspatialindex'
+pkgname=libspatialindex
+version=1.8.5
+revision=1
+build_style=cmake
+short_desc="An framework that supports robust spatial indexing methods and queries"
+maintainer="Giuseppe Fierro <gspe@ae-design.ws>"
+license="MIT"
+homepage="http://libspatialindex.github.io/"
+distfiles="https://github.com/libspatialindex/libspatialindex/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=93cce77269612f45287b521d5afdfb245be2b93b8b6438d92f8b9e0bdb37059d
+
+post_install() {
+	vlicense COPYING
+}
+
+libspatialindex-devel_package() {
+	depends="${makedepends} ${sourcepkg}-${version}_${revision}"
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/include
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.so"
+	}
+}