diff --git a/srcpkgs/libvirt-devel b/srcpkgs/libvirt-devel
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..1bf26df947
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libvirt-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+libvirt
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libvirt-python b/srcpkgs/libvirt-python
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..1bf26df947
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libvirt-python
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+libvirt
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libvirt/depends b/srcpkgs/libvirt/depends
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..82d4f82b1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libvirt/depends
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+abi_depends=">=0.8.7"
+api_depends="${abi_depends}"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libvirt/libvirt-devel.template b/srcpkgs/libvirt/libvirt-devel.template
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f4539e9d2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libvirt/libvirt-devel.template
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+# Template file for 'libvirt-devel'.
+#
+short_desc="${short_desc} - development files"
+long_desc="${long_desc}
+
+ This package contains files for development, headers, static libs, etc."
+
+Add_dependency run libcap-ng-devel
+Add_dependency run libnl-devel
+Add_dependency run gnutls-devel
+Add_dependency run libgcrypt-devel
+Add_dependency run libsasl-devel
+Add_dependency run xen-devel
+Add_dependency run libcurl-devel
+Add_dependency run libpcap-devel
+Add_dependency run libxml2-devel
+Add_dependency run libparted-devel
+Add_dependency run device-mapper-devel
+Add_dependency run dbus-devel
+Add_dependency run libudev-devel
+Add_dependency run libpciaccess-devel
+Add_dependency run avahi-libs-devel
+Add_dependency run readline-devel
+Add_dependency run libvirt
+
+do_install()
+{
+	mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/doc
+	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/include ${DESTDIR}/usr
+	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/lib/pkgconfig ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib
+	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/lib/*.*a ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib
+	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/share/gtk-doc ${DESTDIR}/usr/share
+	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/share/doc/libvirt-${version} \
+		${DESTDIR}/usr/share/doc
+}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libvirt/libvirt-python.template b/srcpkgs/libvirt/libvirt-python.template
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..abafbcaa08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libvirt/libvirt-python.template
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# Template file for 'libvirt-python'.
+#
+short_desc="${short_desc} - python bindings"
+long_desc="${long_desc}
+
+ This package contains the Python language bindings."
+
+Add_dependency run glibc
+Add_dependency run libcap-ng
+Add_dependency run libnl
+Add_dependency run gnutls
+Add_dependency run libgcrypt
+Add_dependency run libsasl
+Add_dependency run xen
+Add_dependency run libcurl
+Add_dependency run libpcap
+Add_dependency run libxml2
+Add_dependency run python
+Add_dependency run libvirt
+
+do_install()
+{
+	mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/doc
+	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/lib/python* ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib
+	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/share/doc/libvirt-python* \
+		${DESTDIR}/usr/share/doc
+}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libvirt/template b/srcpkgs/libvirt/template
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..82a47d1b28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libvirt/template
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+# Template file for 'libvirt'
+pkgname=libvirt
+version=0.8.7
+distfiles="http://libvirt.org/sources/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
+build_style=gnu_configure
+configure_args="--without-hal"
+make_build_args="POD2MAN=/usr/lib/perl5/core_perl/bin/pod2man"
+short_desc="The virtualization API"
+maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
+checksum=da7b0e8bff7b2df2e19d732272674599bfb805787fb0d6f30289ba700ca77f31
+long_desc="
+ libvirt is:
+    * A toolkit to interact with the virtualization capabilities of recent
+      versions of Linux (and other OSes).
+    * Free software available under the GNU Lesser General Public License.
+    * A long term stable C API
+    * A set of bindings for common languages
+    * A CIM provider for the DMTF virtualization schema
+    * A QMF agent for the AMQP/QPid messaging system"
+
+subpackages="$pkgname-devel $pkgname-python"
+
+conf_files="
+/etc/libvirt/qemu.conf
+/etc/libvirt/lxc.conf
+/etc/libvirt/libvirtd.conf
+/etc/sasl2/libvirt.conf"
+
+Add_dependency run glibc
+Add_dependency run libcap-ng
+Add_dependency run libnl
+Add_dependency run gnutls
+Add_dependency run libgcrypt
+Add_dependency run libsasl
+Add_dependency run xen
+Add_dependency run libcurl
+Add_dependency run libpcap
+Add_dependency run libxml2
+Add_dependency run libparted
+Add_dependency run device-mapper
+Add_dependency run dbus-libs
+Add_dependency run libudev
+Add_dependency run libpciaccess
+Add_dependency run avahi-libs
+Add_dependency run readline
+Add_dependency run polkit
+
+Add_dependency build libcap-ng-devel
+Add_dependency build libnl-devel
+Add_dependency build gnutls-devel
+Add_dependency build libgcrypt-devel
+Add_dependency build libsasl-devel
+Add_dependency build xen-devel
+Add_dependency build libcurl-devel
+Add_dependency build libpcap-devel
+Add_dependency build libxml2-devel
+Add_dependency build libparted-devel
+Add_dependency build device-mapper-devel
+Add_dependency build dbus-devel
+Add_dependency build libudev-devel
+Add_dependency build libpciaccess-devel
+Add_dependency build avahi-libs-devel
+Add_dependency build readline-devel
+Add_dependency build polkit-devel
diff --git a/xbps-src/common/mapping_shlib_binpkg.txt b/xbps-src/common/mapping_shlib_binpkg.txt
index 750b513f3b..74e000df3d 100644
--- a/xbps-src/common/mapping_shlib_binpkg.txt
+++ b/xbps-src/common/mapping_shlib_binpkg.txt
@@ -758,3 +758,5 @@ libsvn_swig_perl-1.so		subversion-perl		subversion-devel
 libsvn_swig_ruby-1.so		subversion-ruby		subversion-devel
 libjson-glib-1.0.so		json-glib		json-glib-devel
 liblxc.so			liblxc			lxc-devel
+libvirt.so			libvirt			libvirt-devel
+libvirt-qemu.so			libvirt			libvirt-devel