diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index fbb1a2269b..0e8915a360 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -1595,3 +1595,8 @@ libtcmalloc_minimal_debug.so.4 gperftools-2.1.90_1
 libtcmalloc_debug.so.4 gperftools-2.1.90_1
 libprofiler.so.0 gperftools-2.1.90_1
 libtcmalloc_and_profiler.so.4 gperftools-2.1.90_1
+libIex-2_1.so.11 ilmbase-2.1.0_1
+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
diff --git a/srcpkgs/ilmbase-devel b/srcpkgs/ilmbase-devel
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..05bbf3fefd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/ilmbase-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ilmbase
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/ilmbase/patches/ilmbase-2.0.1-no_undefined.patch b/srcpkgs/ilmbase/patches/ilmbase-2.0.1-no_undefined.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d2e44b2bb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/ilmbase/patches/ilmbase-2.0.1-no_undefined.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+--- IlmThread/Makefile.am.no_undefined	2013-06-18 14:51:38.000000000 -0500
++++ IlmThread/Makefile.am	2013-08-28 21:04:25.793391766 -0500
+@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ libIlmThread_la_LDFLAGS = -version-info
+ if LIB_SUFFIX_EXISTS
+ libIlmThread_la_LDFLAGS += -release @LIB_SUFFIX@
+ endif
+-libIlmThread_la_LIBADD = ../Iex/libIex.la
++libIlmThread_la_LIBADD = ../Iex/libIex.la $(PTHREAD_LIBS)
+ 
+ libIlmThreadincludedir = $(includedir)/OpenEXR
+ 
+--- IlmThread/Makefile.in.no_undefined	2013-06-18 14:55:24.000000000 -0500
++++ IlmThread/Makefile.in	2013-08-28 21:04:55.395049371 -0500
+@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ libIlmThread_la_SOURCES = IlmThreadPool.
+ 
+ libIlmThread_la_LDFLAGS = -version-info @LIBTOOL_VERSION@ \
+ 	-no-undefined $(am__append_1)
+-libIlmThread_la_LIBADD = ../Iex/libIex.la
++libIlmThread_la_LIBADD = ../Iex/libIex.la $(PTHREAD_LIBS)
+ libIlmThreadincludedir = $(includedir)/OpenEXR
+ libIlmThreadinclude_HEADERS = IlmThreadPool.h IlmThread.h \
+ 			      IlmThreadSemaphore.h IlmThreadMutex.h \
diff --git a/srcpkgs/ilmbase/template b/srcpkgs/ilmbase/template
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cbbd7f7646
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/ilmbase/template
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Template file for 'ilmbase'
+pkgname=ilmbase
+version=2.1.0
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-configure
+short_desc="Base libraries from ILM for OpenEXR"
+maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
+license="BSD"
+homepage="http://www.openexr.com"
+distfiles="http://download.savannah.nongnu.org/releases/openexr/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
+checksum=1e841ad89c5761940b07a125e6909ad22fe9fe0f99eadef45e0cca4efc6819b4
+
+post_install() {
+	vinstall COPYING 644 usr/share/licenses/${pkgname}
+}
+
+ilmbase-devel_package() {
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
+	depends="${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/include
+		vmove usr/lib/*.a
+		vmove usr/lib/*.so
+		vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
+	}
+}