diff --git a/srcpkgs/gnome-desktop-devel b/srcpkgs/gnome-desktop-devel
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..48f6eb8abe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/gnome-desktop-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+gnome-desktop
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/gnome-desktop/depends b/srcpkgs/gnome-desktop/depends
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..071d27b792
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/gnome-desktop/depends
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+abi_depends=">=2.30.0"
+api_depends="${abi_depends}"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/gnome-desktop/gnome-desktop-devel.template b/srcpkgs/gnome-desktop/gnome-desktop-devel.template
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0794a63afc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/gnome-desktop/gnome-desktop-devel.template
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+# Template file for 'gnome-desktop-devel'.
+#
+short_desc="${sourcepkg} (development files)"
+long_desc="${long_desc}
+
+ This package contains files for development, headers, static libs, etc."
+
+Add_dependency run pkg-config
+Add_dependency run intltool
+Add_dependency run gnome-doc-utils
+Add_dependency run glib-devel
+Add_dependency run atk-devel
+Add_dependency run pango-devel
+Add_dependency run cairo-devel
+Add_dependency run freetype-devel
+Add_dependency run fontconfig-devel
+Add_dependency run libX11-devel
+Add_dependency run libXrandr-devel
+Add_dependency run gtk+-devel
+Add_dependency run GConf-devel
+Add_dependency run startup-notification-devel
+Add_dependency run pygtk
+
+do_install()
+{
+	mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}/usr/{lib,share}
+	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/include ${DESTDIR}/usr
+	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/lib/lib*.{a,so} ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib
+	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/lib/pkgconfig ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib
+	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/share/gtk-doc ${DESTDIR}/usr/share
+}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/gnome-desktop/template b/srcpkgs/gnome-desktop/template
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..35644ab09a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/gnome-desktop/template
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+# Template file for 'gnome-desktop'
+pkgname=gnome-desktop
+version=2.30.0
+distfiles="${GNOME_SITE}/$pkgname/2.30/$pkgname-$version.tar.bz2"
+build_style=gnu_configure
+configure_args="--localstatedir=/var --with-gnome-distributor=XBPS
+--disable-scrollkeeper"
+short_desc="GNOME desktop management utilities"
+maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
+checksum=cb80b676966127d8ee1a9b5ebbed1c23646d62ecdfccbb46d40f59633b4b127f
+long_desc="
+ gnome-desktop provides the following components:
+
+  * The GNOME desktop manager.
+  * The GNOME desktop manager configuration program and several other
+    desktop management related utilities.
+  * The GNOME desktop manager proxy, which handles basic desktop
+    management for applications that do not support XSM."
+
+subpackages="$pkgname-devel"
+
+Add_dependency run glibc
+Add_dependency run glib
+Add_dependency run atk
+Add_dependency run pango
+Add_dependency run cairo
+Add_dependency run freetype
+Add_dependency run fontconfig
+Add_dependency run libX11
+Add_dependency run libXrandr
+Add_dependency run gtk+
+Add_dependency run GConf
+Add_dependency run startup-notification
+Add_dependency build pkg-config
+Add_dependency build intltool
+Add_dependency build gnome-doc-utils
+Add_dependency build glib-devel
+Add_dependency build atk-devel
+Add_dependency build pango-devel
+Add_dependency build cairo-devel
+Add_dependency build freetype-devel
+Add_dependency build fontconfig-devel
+Add_dependency build libX11-devel
+Add_dependency build libXrandr-devel
+Add_dependency build gtk+-devel
+Add_dependency build GConf-devel
+Add_dependency build startup-notification-devel
+Add_dependency full pygtk
diff --git a/xbps-src/common/mapping_shlib_binpkg.txt b/xbps-src/common/mapping_shlib_binpkg.txt
index 801817360e..8688311f03 100644
--- a/xbps-src/common/mapping_shlib_binpkg.txt
+++ b/xbps-src/common/mapping_shlib_binpkg.txt
@@ -522,3 +522,4 @@ libcanberra.so			libcanberra		libcanberra-devel
 libcanberra-gtk.so		libcanberra		libcanberra-devel
 libgtop-2.0.so			libgtop			libgtop-devel
 librarian.so			rarian			rarian-devel
+libgnome-desktop-2.so		gnome-desktop		gnome-desktop-devel