diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index 8f33054f47..7dc1ebcc61 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -572,6 +572,7 @@ libecpg_compat.so.3 postgresql-libs-8.4.2_1
 libecpg.so.6 postgresql-libs-8.4.2_1
 libpgtypes.so.3 postgresql-libs-8.4.2_1
 libpq.so.5 postgresql-libs-8.4.2_1
+libmypaint-1.3.so.0 libmypaint-1.3.0
 libmysqlclient_r.so.18 libmysqlclient-5.5.27_1
 libmysqlclient.so.18 libmysqlclient-5.5.27_1
 libgssapi_krb5.so.2 mit-krb5-libs-1.8_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libmypaint-devel b/srcpkgs/libmypaint-devel
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..3743c1a405
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libmypaint-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+libmypaint
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libmypaint/template b/srcpkgs/libmypaint/template
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2a641a4592
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libmypaint/template
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# Template build file for 'libmypaint'
+pkgname=libmypaint
+version=1.3.0
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-configure
+configure_args="--disable-gegl"
+hostmakedepends="intltool pkg-config"
+makedepends="json-c-devel gobject-introspection glib-devel json-glib-devel"
+short_desc="MyPaint brush engine library"
+maintainer="Kartik S <kartik.ynwa@gmail.com>"
+license="ISC"
+homepage="https://github.com/mypaint/libmypaint"
+distfiles="https://github.com/mypaint/libmypaint/releases/download/v${version}/libmypaint-${version}.tar.xz"
+checksum=6a07d9d57fea60f68d218a953ce91b168975a003db24de6ac01ad69dcc94a671
+
+libmypaint-devel_package() {
+	depends="${makedepends} ${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/include
+		vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.so"
+	}
+}
+
+post_install() {
+	vlicense COPYING
+}