diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index 34dc1f6d21..ced95442fc 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -1671,6 +1671,7 @@ libsmm-local.so.3 libopensc-0.13.0_2
 libSDL2_ttf-2.0.so.0 SDL2_ttf-2.0.12_1
 librtlsdr.so.0 librtlsdr-0.5.3_1
 libSDL2_mixer-2.0.so.0 SDL2_mixer-2.0.0_1
+libSDL2_net-2.0.so.0 SDL2_net-2.0.0_1
 libnxml.so.0 libnxml-0.18.3_1
 libmrss.so.0 libmrss-0.19.2_1
 libuv.so.1 libuv-1.0.0_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/SDL2_net-devel b/srcpkgs/SDL2_net-devel
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..d391f63ee5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/SDL2_net-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+SDL2_net
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/SDL2_net/template b/srcpkgs/SDL2_net/template
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1f899395f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/SDL2_net/template
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# Template file for 'SDL2_net'
+pkgname=SDL2_net
+version=2.0.0
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-configure
+configure_args="--disable-static"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
+makedepends="SDL2-devel"
+short_desc="SDL2 networking module"
+maintainer="Jürgen Buchmüller <pullmoll@t-online.de>"
+license="BSD"
+homepage="https://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_net/"
+distfiles="https://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_net/release/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=d715be30783cc99e541626da52079e308060b21d4f7b95f0224b1d06c1faacab
+
+post_install() {
+	vlicense COPYING.txt
+}
+
+SDL2_net-devel_package() {
+	depends="SDL2-devel ${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/include
+		vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.so"
+	}
+}