diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index 646da538be..f5fd43dcca 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -2108,3 +2108,4 @@ libOIS-1.3.0.so ois-1.3_1
 libSILLY.so.1 silly-0.1.0_1
 libkeybinder-3.0.so.0 libkeybinder3-0.3.0_1
 libbrlapi.so.0.6 brltty-5.2_1
+liblouis.so.2 liblouis-2.6.3_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/liblouis-devel b/srcpkgs/liblouis-devel
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..7f52b9cd0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/liblouis-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+liblouis
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/liblouis/template b/srcpkgs/liblouis/template
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2ce7ea102b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/liblouis/template
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# Template file for 'liblouis'
+pkgname=liblouis
+version=2.6.3
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-configure
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config help2man python-devel"
+makedepends="python-devel"
+short_desc="Open-source braille translator and back-translator"
+maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
+license="GPL-3"
+homepage="http://liblouis.org/"
+distfiles="https://github.com/$pkgname/$pkgname/releases/download/v$version/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
+checksum=4466ad17c9c634668a53f464ba71dbd3d1f0389213b0f02a2e22603f2a3ccd1b
+
+liblouis-devel_package() {
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
+	depends="${sourcepkg}-${version}_${revision}"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/include
+		vmove usr/lib/*.a
+		vmove usr/lib/*.so
+		vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
+	}
+}