diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index c7a1c68adc..750865910c 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -3380,3 +3380,4 @@ libhtmlcxx.so.3 htmlcxx-0.86_1
 libcss_parser_pp.so.0 htmlcxx-0.86_1
 libcss_parser.so.0 htmlcxx-0.86_1
 libaom.so.0 libaom-1.0.0_1
+libre.so re-0.5.8_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/re-devel b/srcpkgs/re-devel
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..977f19446d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/re-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+re
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/re/patches/bsdnet.diff b/srcpkgs/re/patches/bsdnet.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2fcef23474
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/re/patches/bsdnet.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+--- src/net/posix/pif.c.orig	2016-12-03 15:21:22.000000000 +0100
++++ src/net/posix/pif.c	2016-12-03 15:21:39.000000000 +0100
+@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
+  *
+  * Copyright (C) 2010 Creytiv.com
+  */
++#define _GNU_SOURCE
+ #include <string.h>
+ #include <unistd.h>
+ #include <sys/ioctl.h>
+--- src/net/ifaddrs.c.orig	2016-12-03 15:24:22.000000000 +0100
++++ src/net/ifaddrs.c	2016-12-03 15:24:39.000000000 +0100
+@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
+  *
+  * Copyright (C) 2010 Creytiv.com
+  */
++#define _GNU_SOURCE
+ #include <unistd.h>
+ #include <sys/socket.h>
+ #define __USE_MISC 1   /**< Use MISC code */
+--- src/tcp/tcp.c.orig	2016-12-03 15:30:06.000000000 +0100
++++ src/tcp/tcp.c	2016-12-03 15:29:46.000000000 +0100
+@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
+  *
+  * Copyright (C) 2010 Creytiv.com
+  */
++#define _GNU_SOURCE
+ #include <stdlib.h>
+ #ifdef HAVE_UNISTD_H
+ #include <unistd.h>
diff --git a/srcpkgs/re/patches/musl.patch b/srcpkgs/re/patches/musl.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..eb5156b809
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/re/patches/musl.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+--- re_types.h	2018-01-14 21:33:25.561341291 +0100
++++ include/re_types.h	2018-01-14 21:34:45.444384148 +0100
+@@ -37,20 +37,25 @@
+ typedef signed long long int      int64_t;
+ 
+ #ifndef __uint32_t_defined
++#ifdef __GLIBC__
+ #define __uint32_t_defined
+ typedef unsigned char             uint8_t;
+ typedef unsigned short int        uint16_t;
+ typedef unsigned int              uint32_t;
+ typedef unsigned long long int    uint64_t;
+ #endif
++#endif
+ 
+ #endif /* __BIT_TYPES_DEFINED__ */
+ 
+ #endif /* __int8_t_defined */
+ #ifndef __ssize_t_defined
++#ifndef __DEFINED_ssize_t
+ typedef long     ssize_t;
++#define __DEFINED_ssize_t
+ #define __ssize_t_defined
+ #endif
++#endif
+ 
+ 
+ #ifndef WIN32
diff --git a/srcpkgs/re/patches/resolver.diff b/srcpkgs/re/patches/resolver.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1365b70ff5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/re/patches/resolver.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+--- src/dns/res.c.orig	2016-12-03 15:17:53.000000000 +0100
++++ src/dns/res.c	2016-12-03 15:18:30.000000000 +0100
+@@ -25,13 +25,9 @@ int get_resolv_dns(char *domain, size_t
+ 	uint32_t i;
+ 	int ret, err;
+ 
+-#ifdef OPENBSD
+ 	ret = res_init();
+ 	state = _res;
+-#else
+-	memset(&state, 0, sizeof(state));
+-	ret = res_ninit(&state);
+-#endif
++
+ 	if (0 != ret)
+ 		return ENOENT;
+ 
+@@ -56,10 +52,5 @@ int get_resolv_dns(char *domain, size_t
+ 	*n = i;
+ 
+  out:
+-#ifdef OPENBSD
+-#else
+-	res_nclose(&state);
+-#endif
+-
+ 	return err;
+ }
diff --git a/srcpkgs/re/template b/srcpkgs/re/template
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..31c79735f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/re/template
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+# Template file for 're'
+pkgname="re"
+version="0.5.8"
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-makefile
+make_build_args="RELEASE=1 EXTRA_CFLAGS=$CFLAGS
+ EXTRA_LFLAGS=$LDFLAGS USE_OPENSSL=yes USE_DTLS=yes USE_DTLS_SRTP=yes"
+make_install_args="$make_build_args"
+makedepends="libressl-devel"
+short_desc="Portable library for real-time communications"
+maintainer="JohnZ <johnz@posteo.net>"
+license="BSD-3-Clause"
+homepage="http://www.creytiv.com/"
+distfiles="http://www.creytiv.com/pub/re-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=190fd652da167d8d6351b7a26fa0aef2ddab75fe5e8d5de77edf023988440e70
+make_use_env=1
+shlib_provides="libre.so"
+
+case $XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE in
+	i686*) arch="i686";;
+	x86_64*) arch="x86_64";;
+	armv6*) arch="arm6";;
+	aarch64*) arch="arm64";;
+	arm*) arch="arm";;
+	mips*) arch="mips";;
+esac
+make_build_args+=" ARCH=$arch"
+make_install_args+=" ARCH=$arch"
+
+pre_build() {
+	make ${make_build_args} info
+}
+
+post_install() {
+	vlicense docs/COPYING
+}
+
+re-devel_package() {
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
+	depends="${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/include
+		vmove usr/lib/*.a
+		vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
+		vmove usr/share/re/re.mk
+	}
+}