diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index 662ec2d3e0..bd73f23371 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -2288,3 +2288,4 @@ libfloatfann.so.2 fann-2.2.0_1
 libfixedfann.so.2 fann-2.2.0_1
 libfann.so.2 fann-2.2.0_1
 libdoublefann.so.2 fann-2.2.0_1
+libxerces-c-3.1.so libxerces-c-3.1.2_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libxerces-c b/srcpkgs/libxerces-c
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..17c953c82f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libxerces-c
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+xerces-c
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libxerces-c-devel b/srcpkgs/libxerces-c-devel
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..17c953c82f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libxerces-c-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+xerces-c
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/xerces-c/template b/srcpkgs/xerces-c/template
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..346a164c1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/xerces-c/template
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# Template file for 'xerces-c'
+pkgname=xerces-c
+version=3.1.2
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-configure
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
+makedepends="libcurl-devel icu55-devel"
+depends="lib${pkgname}>=${version}_${revision}"
+short_desc="Validating XML parser written in portable C++"
+maintainer="Jürgen Buchmüller <pullmoll@t-online.de>"
+license="Apache-2.0"
+homepage="http://xerces.apache.org/xerces-c/"
+distfiles="http://apache.mirror.digionline.de//xerces/c/3/sources/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.bz2"
+checksum=95d8655c4c50668ad60d555b59da9f31937b2c53638aa8d5768cb169f192d5e1
+
+libxerces-c_package() {
+	short_desc+=" - shared library"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/lib/libxerces-c-${version%.*}.so
+	}
+}
+
+libxerces-c-devel_package() {
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
+	depends="lib${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/include
+		vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
+		vmove usr/lib/*.a
+		vmove usr/lib/libxerces-c.so
+	}
+}