diff --git a/srcpkgs/libparted b/srcpkgs/libparted
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..478074faf9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libparted
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+parted
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libparted-devel b/srcpkgs/libparted-devel
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..478074faf9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libparted-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+parted
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/parted/depends b/srcpkgs/parted/depends
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..012b7194ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/parted/depends
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+abi_depends=">=2.1"
+api_depends="${abi_depends}"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/parted/libparted-devel.template b/srcpkgs/parted/libparted-devel.template
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..be82d0c178
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/parted/libparted-devel.template
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# Template file for 'libparted-devel'.
+#
+short_desc="The GNU Parted disk partitioning library development files"
+long_desc="${long_desc}
+
+ This package contains the static library and header files for libparted, which
+ are really only of interest to parted developers."
+
+Add_dependency run libuuid-devel
+Add_dependency run device-mapper-devel
+Add_dependency run libparted
+
+do_install()
+{
+	mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib
+	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/include ${DESTDIR}/usr
+	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/lib/pkgconfig ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib
+	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/lib/libparted*.* ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib
+}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/parted/libparted.template b/srcpkgs/parted/libparted.template
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0470ca3cf1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/parted/libparted.template
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# Template file for 'libparted'.
+#
+short_desc="The GNU Parted disk partitioning shared library"
+long_desc="${long_desc}
+
+ This package contains libparted, the required shared library used by Parted."
+
+Add_dependency run glibc
+Add_dependency run libuuid
+Add_dependency run device-mapper
+
+do_install()
+{
+	mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib
+	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/lib/libparted*.so.* ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib
+}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/parted/template b/srcpkgs/parted/template
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c37142ec86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/parted/template
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Template file for 'parted'
+pkgname=parted
+version=2.1
+distfiles="http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/parted/parted-$version.tar.xz"
+build_style=gnu_configure
+configure_args="--without-included-regex --with-gnu-ld
+--disable-rpath --disable-debug"
+short_desc="The GNU Parted disk partition resizing program"
+maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
+checksum=171e23b2db94eab9ad5a20f483d028b52fedc93d40dc927d73e6e12786a102d3
+long_desc="
+ GNU Parted is a program that allows you to create, destroy, resize, move and
+ copy hard disk partitions. This is useful for creating space for new
+ operating systems, reorganising disk usage, and copying data to new hard disks."
+
+subpackages="libparted libparted-devel"
+
+Add_dependency run glibc
+Add_dependency run ncurses-libs
+Add_dependency run readline
+Add_dependency run libparted
+Add_dependency build xz
+Add_dependency build libuuid-devel
+Add_dependency build ncurses-devel
+Add_dependency build readline-devel
+Add_dependency build device-mapper-devel
diff --git a/xbps-src/common/mapping_shlib_binpkg.txt b/xbps-src/common/mapping_shlib_binpkg.txt
index 26f365ef69..6e841e86cb 100644
--- a/xbps-src/common/mapping_shlib_binpkg.txt
+++ b/xbps-src/common/mapping_shlib_binpkg.txt
@@ -433,3 +433,4 @@ libgvplugin_dot_layout.so	graphviz
 libgvplugin_gd.so		graphviz
 libgvplugin_rsvg.so		graphviz
 libgvplugin_gtk.so		graphviz
+libparted-2.1.so		libparted		libparted-devel