diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index d1aa145ca2..5bdd8d9832 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -3449,3 +3449,4 @@ libWildMidi.so.2 WildMidi-0.4.3_1
 liboblibs.so.0.0 oblibs-0.0.1.1_1
 libaal-1.0.so.7 libaal-1.0.7_1
 libaal-minimal.so.0 libaal-1.0.7_1
+libcli.so.1.9 libcli-1.9.8.4_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libcli-devel b/srcpkgs/libcli-devel
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..f3686ea9c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libcli-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+libcli
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libcli/template b/srcpkgs/libcli/template
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0ab28eecc8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libcli/template
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# Template file for 'libcli'
+pkgname=libcli
+version=1.9.8.4
+_distver="${version%.*}-${version##*.}"
+revision=1
+wrksrc="libcli-${_distver}"
+build_style=gnu-makefile
+short_desc="Library for cisco style telnet interfaces"
+maintainer="Robert Lowry <bobertlo@gmail.com>"
+license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
+homepage="https://github.com/dparrish/libcli"
+distfiles="https://github.com/dparrish/libcli/archive/v${_distver}.tar.gz"
+checksum=c80e268be48c7a52105877995e126034df281096d9785a394b7afcadc9d30e9a
+
+libcli-devel_package() {
+	depends="${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/include
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.a"
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.so"
+	}
+}