diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index 55ad816e94..189996b55f 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -3363,3 +3363,7 @@ libcloudproviders.so.0 libcloudproviders-0.2.5_2
 libKF5KDEGames.so.7 libkdegames-18.08.3_1
 libidn2.so.0 libidn2-2.0.5_1
 libgmime-3.0.so.0 gmime3-3.2.3_1
+libgetdns.so.10 getdns-1.5.0_1
+libgetdns_ext_event.so.10 getdns-1.5.0_1
+libgetdns_ext_ev.so.10 getdns-1.5.0_1
+libgetdns_ext_uv.so.10 getdns-1.5.0_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/getdns-devel b/srcpkgs/getdns-devel
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..e6220d1842
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/getdns-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+getdns
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/getdns/template b/srcpkgs/getdns/template
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..16b68de42d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/getdns/template
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+# Template file for 'getdns'
+pkgname=getdns
+version=1.5.0
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-configure
+configure_args="--with-libev --with-libevent --with-libuv
+ --with-ssl=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr"
+makedepends="libev-devel libidn-devel libuv-devel unbound-devel"
+short_desc="A modern asynchronous DNS API"
+maintainer="Frank Steinborn <steinex@nognu.de>"
+license="BSD-3-Clause"
+homepage="https://getdnsapi.net"
+distfiles="https://getdnsapi.net/dist/getdns-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=577182c3ace919ee70cee5629505581a10dc530bd53fe5c241603ea91c84fa84
+
+post_install() {
+	vlicense LICENSE
+}
+
+getdns-devel_package() {
+	depends="getdns-${version}_${revision}"
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/include
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.a"
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.so"
+		vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
+		vmove usr/share/man/man3
+	}
+}