diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index 824bc8037c..8ed26df721 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -2449,6 +2449,12 @@ liblttng-ust-cyg-profile.so.0 lttng-ust-2.7.2_1
 liblttng-ust-cyg-profile-fast.so.0 lttng-ust-2.7.2_1
 liblttng-ust-dl.so.0 lttng-ust-2.7.2_1
 liblttng-ust-tracepoint.so.0 lttng-ust-2.7.2_1
+libbabeltrace.so.1 babeltrace-1.5.3_1
+libbabeltrace-ctf.so.1 babeltrace-1.5.3_1
+libbabeltrace-ctf-text.so.1 babeltrace-1.5.3_1
+libbabeltrace-ctf-metadata.so.1 babeltrace-1.5.3_1
+libbabeltrace-dummy.so.1 babeltrace-1.5.3_1
+libbabeltrace-lttng-live.so.1 babeltrace-1.5.3_1
 libKF5DNSSD.so.5 kdnssd-5.26.0_1
 libtwaindsm.so.2 twaindsm-2.3.0_1
 libspnav.so.0 libspnav-0.2.3_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/babeltrace-devel b/srcpkgs/babeltrace-devel
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..70722f6baa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/babeltrace-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+babeltrace
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/babeltrace/template b/srcpkgs/babeltrace/template
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a0087cad43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/babeltrace/template
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# template file for 'babeltrace'
+pkgname=babeltrace
+version=1.5.3
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-configure
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
+makedepends="libelf glib-devel popt-devel"
+short_desc="A trace format converter"
+maintainer="Alexander Egorenkov <egorenar-dev@posteo.net>"
+license="LGPL-2.1"
+homepage="http://diamon.org/babeltrace"
+distfiles="http://www.efficios.com/files/${pkgname}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.bz2"
+checksum=2249fee5beba657731f5d6a84c5296c6517f544bfbe7571bd1fd7af23726137c
+
+if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
+	# configure_args+=" ac_cv_lib_elf_elf_version=0.170"
+	configure_args+=" --disable-debug-info"
+fi
+
+babeltrace-devel_package() {
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
+	depends="${makedepends} ${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/include
+		vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
+		vmove usr/lib/*.so
+		vmove usr/lib/*.a
+	}
+}