diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index d6c920a970..0cebaa1fe4 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -1860,3 +1860,4 @@ libuniconf.so.4.6 wvstreams-4.6.1_2
 libwvbase.so.4.6 wvstreams-4.6.1_1
 libwvutils.so.4.6 wvstreams-4.6.1_1
 libwvstreams.so.4.6 wvstreams-4.6.1_1
+libespeak.so.1 libespeak-1.48.04_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/espeak/template b/srcpkgs/espeak/template
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bbd79f170d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/espeak/template
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+# Template file for 'espeak'
+pkgname="espeak"
+version="1.48.04"
+revision=1
+short_desc="Text to Speech engine"
+maintainer="Martin Riese <grauehaare@gmx.de>"
+license="GPL-3"
+homepage="http://espeak.sourceforge.net"
+distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/${pkgname}/${pkgname}-${version}-source.zip"
+hostmakedepends="unzip"
+makedepends="portaudio-devel"
+wrksrc="${pkgname}-${version}-source/src"
+checksum="bf9a17673adffcc28ff7ea18764f06136547e97bbd9edf2ec612f09b207f0659"
+build_style="gnu-makefile"
+
+pre_configure() {
+	cp portaudio19.h portaudio.h
+}
+
+libespeak_package() {
+	shorst_desc+=" - runtime libraries"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.so.*"
+	}
+}
+
+libespeak-devel_package() {
+	depends="${makedepends} libespeak=${version}_${revision}"
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove "usr/include"
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.a"
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.so"
+	}
+}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libespeak b/srcpkgs/libespeak
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..d2da11f512
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libespeak
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+espeak
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libespeak-devel b/srcpkgs/libespeak-devel
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..d2da11f512
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libespeak-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+espeak
\ No newline at end of file