diff --git a/templates/freetype-devel b/templates/freetype-devel
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..4bb2bb2e68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/freetype-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+freetype
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/templates/freetype/depends b/templates/freetype/depends
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ce29601a74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/freetype/depends
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+abi_depends=2.3.9
+api_depends=${abi_depends}
diff --git a/templates/freetype/devel.template b/templates/freetype/devel.template
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ade3a948cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/freetype/devel.template
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# Template file for 'freetype-devel'.
+#
+short_desc="${short_desc} (development files)"
+long_desc="${long_desc}
+
+ This package contains files for development, headers, static libs, etc."
+
+Add_dependency run freetype
+
+do_install()
+{
+	mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib
+	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/bin ${DESTDIR}/usr
+	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/include ${DESTDIR}/usr
+	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/lib/lib*.*a ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib
+	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/lib/lib*.so ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib
+	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/lib/pkgconfig ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib
+	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/share ${DESTDIR}/usr
+}
diff --git a/templates/freetype/template b/templates/freetype/template
index 29fdb0044d..5d00bfdf64 100644
--- a/templates/freetype/template
+++ b/templates/freetype/template
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
+# Template build file 'freetype'.
 pkgname=freetype
-version=2.3.8
+sourcepkg=$pkgname
+version=2.3.9
 distfiles="
 http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/$pkgname/$pkgname-$version.tar.bz2"
 build_style=gnu_configure
 short_desc="Font rendering engine and library API"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
-checksum=8acd37c9160a5bdbe73ba925a4e534a5b6d164d95edd0335191c015aea5351e6
+checksum=51a033bce9904d73e0821e8e2bba24bd319619d7d1b2e9eeccac611580242ab6
 long_desc="
  FreeType is a portable, high-quality software solution for digital
  typography.  FreeType 1.3.1 was the last release of the FreeType 1
@@ -17,5 +19,7 @@ long_desc="
   * Even more portable
   * An improved anti-aliasing algorithm"
 
-build_depends="pkg-config-0.23"
-run_depends="glibc-2.8 zlib-1.2"
+subpackages="devel"
+Add_dependency build pkg-config
+Add_dependency full glibc
+Add_dependency full zlib