diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index 1988507c03..1f423d3eea 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -1717,3 +1717,4 @@ libcinnamon-menu-3.so.0 cinnamon-menus-2.2.0_1
 libpolkit-gtk-mate-1.so.0 mate-polkit-1.8.0_2
 libmate-desktop-2.so.17 mate-desktop-1.8.0_1
 libmarco-private.so.0 libmarco-1.8.0_1
+libmate-menu.so.2 mate-menus-1.8.0_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/mate-menus-devel b/srcpkgs/mate-menus-devel
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..6d1989c852
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/mate-menus-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+mate-menus
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/mate-menus/template b/srcpkgs/mate-menus/template
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ff886dbb21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/mate-menus/template
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# Template file for 'mate-menus'
+pkgname=mate-menus
+version=1.8.0
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-configure
+configure_args="--disable-static --enable-python"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config intltool itstool"
+makedepends="python-devel glib-devel $(vopt_if gir gobject-introspection)"
+short_desc="MATE menu specifications"
+maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
+license="LGPL-2"
+homepage="http://mate-desktop.org"
+distfiles="http://pub.mate-desktop.org/releases/1.8/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
+checksum=0610c1c5c2348e8bcd1dae7bed808c451917a69b31d4b80de2b2f6288005b43c
+
+build_options="gir"
+if [ -z "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
+	build_options_default="gir"
+fi
+
+mate-menus-devel_package() {
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
+	depends="${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/include
+		vmove usr/lib/*.so
+		vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
+		if [ "$build_option_gir" ]; then
+			vmove usr/share/gir-1.0
+		fi
+	}
+}