diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index a86639dc4e..2828c2d25a 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -1348,3 +1348,4 @@ libkworkspace.so.4 kde-workspace-4.10.4_1
 libkgapi.so.1 libkgapi-2.0.1_1
 libkgapi2.so.2 libkgapi-2.0.1_1
 libqoauth.so.1 qoauth-1.0.1_1
+libIrrlicht.so.1.8 irrlicht-1.8_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/irrlicht-devel b/srcpkgs/irrlicht-devel
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..ca1bdc1f44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/irrlicht-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+irrlicht
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/irrlicht/template b/srcpkgs/irrlicht/template
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..35941dc206
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/irrlicht/template
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+# Template file for 'irrlicht'
+pkgname=irrlicht
+version=1.8
+revision=1
+hostmakedepends="unzip pkg-config"
+makedepends="libjpeg-turbo-devel libpng-devel libXcursor-devel libXext-devel MesaLib-devel"
+short_desc="Lightning fast realtime 3D engine"
+maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
+license="LGPL-2.1"
+homepage="http://irrlicht.sourceforge.net"
+distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/${pkgname}/${pkgname}-${version}.zip"
+checksum=f8756c3cf83f16f41eb1eca8f4ebb530f0e8fd572443905e3d8eb8f09445a642
+
+do_build() {
+	cd source/Irrlicht
+	make ${makejobs} NDEBUG=1 sharedlib
+	make ${makejobs} NDEBUG=1
+}
+
+do_install() {
+	cd source/Irrlicht
+
+	vmkdir usr/lib
+	sed -i "/^INSTALL_DIR/s:=.*:=${DESTDIR}/usr/lib:" Makefile
+	make install
+
+	cd ${wrksrc}
+	vinstall lib/Linux/libIrrlicht.a 644 usr/lib
+	chmod 644 ${DESTDIR}/usr/include/$pkgname/*
+
+	cd ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib
+	ln -s libIrrlicht.so.${version} libIrrlicht.so.1
+}
+
+irrlicht-devel_package() {
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
+	depends="${sourcepkg}-${version}_${revision}"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/include
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.a"
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.so"
+	}
+}
+
+irrlicht_package() {
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr
+	}
+}