diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index 254b3ba82a..312d37925b 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -2041,3 +2041,4 @@ libkasten2core.so.2 okteta-4.14.2_1
 libkasten2controllers.so.2 okteta-4.14.2_1
 libkasten2okteta1gui.so.1 okteta-4.14.2_1
 libkasten2okteta1core.so.1 okteta-4.14.2_1
+libhttp_parser.so.2.5.0 http-parser-2.5.0_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/http-parser-devel b/srcpkgs/http-parser-devel
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..827128a62c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/http-parser-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+http-parser
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/http-parser/patches/fix-destdir.diff b/srcpkgs/http-parser/patches/fix-destdir.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c084a21d59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/http-parser/patches/fix-destdir.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+--- Makefile.orig	2015-05-12 09:32:01.346321752 +0200
++++ Makefile	2015-05-12 09:33:29.063315187 +0200
+@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
+ LDFLAGS_LIB = $(LDFLAGS) -shared
+ 
+ INSTALL ?= install
+-PREFIX ?= $(DESTDIR)/usr/local
++PREFIX ?= /usr/local
+ LIBDIR = $(PREFIX)/lib
+ INCLUDEDIR = $(PREFIX)/include
+ 
+@@ -112,18 +112,18 @@
+ 
+ install: library
+ 	$(INSTALL) -D  http_parser.h $(INCLUDEDIR)/http_parser.h
+-	$(INSTALL) -D $(SONAME) $(LIBDIR)/$(SONAME)
+-	ln -s $(LIBDIR)/$(SONAME) $(LIBDIR)/libhttp_parser.so
++	$(INSTALL) -D $(SONAME) $(DESTDIR)/$(LIBDIR)/$(SONAME)
++	ln -s $(DESTDIR)/$(LIBDIR)/$(SONAME) $(DESTDIR)/$(LIBDIR)/libhttp_parser.so
+ 
+ install-strip: library
+ 	$(INSTALL) -D  http_parser.h $(INCLUDEDIR)/http_parser.h
+-	$(INSTALL) -D -s $(SONAME) $(LIBDIR)/$(SONAME)
+-	ln -s $(LIBDIR)/$(SONAME) $(LIBDIR)/libhttp_parser.so
++	$(INSTALL) -D -s $(SONAME) $(DESTDIR)/$(LIBDIR)/$(SONAME)
++	ln -s $(DESTDIR)/$(LIBDIR)/$(SONAME) $(DESTDIR)/$(LIBDIR)/libhttp_parser.so
+ 
+ uninstall:
+ 	rm $(INCLUDEDIR)/http_parser.h
+-	rm $(LIBDIR)/$(SONAME)
+-	rm $(LIBDIR)/libhttp_parser.so
++	rm $(DESTDIR)/$(LIBDIR)/$(SONAME)
++	rm $(DESTDIR)/$(LIBDIR)/libhttp_parser.so
+ 
+ clean:
+ 	rm -f *.o *.a tags test test_fast test_g \
diff --git a/srcpkgs/http-parser/template b/srcpkgs/http-parser/template
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a22dbacd89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/http-parser/template
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# Template file for 'http-parser'
+pkgname=http-parser
+version=2.5.0
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-makefile
+short_desc="HTTP request/response parser for c"
+maintainer="Enno Boland <gottox@voidlinux.eu>"
+license="GPL-3"
+homepage="https://github.com/joyent/http-parser"
+distfiles="$homepage/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=e3b4ba58f4e6ee5fbec781df020e5cb74c3a799a07f059e1e125127a0b801481
+make_build_target=library
+
+pre_install() {
+	vmkdir usr/lib/pkgconfig
+	vmkdir usr/include
+}
+
+http-parser-devel_package() {
+	depends="$sourcepkg>=${version}_${revision}"
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/include
+		vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.so"
+	}
+}