diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index 2b3b4f28e0..22d5b29778 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -3422,3 +3422,4 @@ libqhttpengine.so.1 qhttpengine-1.0.1_1
 libqmdnsengine.so.0 qmdnsengine-0.1.0_1
 libyang.so.0.16 libyang-0.16r3_1
 libhtp.so.2 suricata-4.1.2_2
+libhtp.so.2 libhtp-0.5.30_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libhtp-devel b/srcpkgs/libhtp-devel
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..2a0b6ae975
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libhtp-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+libhtp
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libhtp/template b/srcpkgs/libhtp/template
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d7afd6e6f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libhtp/template
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# Template file for 'libhtp'
+pkgname=libhtp
+version=0.5.30
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-configure
+hostmakedepends="automake libtool"
+makedepends="zlib-devel"
+short_desc="Security-aware parser for HTTP"
+maintainer="maxice8 <thinkabit.ukim@gmail.com>"
+license="GPL-3.0-or-later"
+homepage="https://github.com/OISF/libhtp"
+distfiles="https://github.com/OISF/libhtp/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=7384f8461ad0431e9247c49b37a73929b284f39408d1f11b80949b188069b638
+
+pre_configure() {
+	autoreconf -fi
+}
+
+libhtp-devel_package() {
+	depends="libhtp-${version}_${revision}"
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/include
+		vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.so"
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.a"
+	}
+}