diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index 5a8a085d54..b765d70782 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -3433,3 +3433,4 @@ libclxclient.so.3 clxclient-3.9.2_1
 libsecp256k1.so.0 libbitcoin-secp256k1-0.1.0.13_1
 libbitcoin.so.0 libbitcoin-system-3.5.0_1
 libbitcoin-protocol.so.0 libbitcoin-protocol-3.5.0_1
+libbitcoin-client.so.0 libbitcoin-client-3.5.0_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libbitcoin-client-devel b/srcpkgs/libbitcoin-client-devel
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..b52c6b7d37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libbitcoin-client-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+libbitcoin-client
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libbitcoin-client/template b/srcpkgs/libbitcoin-client/template
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a309f1cf94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libbitcoin-client/template
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+# Template file for 'libbitcoin-client'
+pkgname=libbitcoin-client
+version=3.5.0
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-configure
+configure_args="--with-boost-libdir=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/lib
+ --with-boost=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr --with-gnu-ld --without-examples"
+hostmakedepends="autoconf automake libtool m4 pkg-config"
+makedepends="boost-devel icu-devel libbitcoin-protocol-devel
+ libbitcoin-secp256k1-devel libbitcoin-system-devel libpng-devel
+ libsodium-devel qrencode-devel zeromq-devel"
+short_desc="Bitcoin Client Query Library"
+maintainer="Andy Weidenbaum <archbaum@gmail.com>"
+license="AGPL-3.0-or-later"
+homepage="https://github.com/libbitcoin/libbitcoin-client"
+distfiles="https://github.com/libbitcoin/libbitcoin-client/archive/v${version}.tar.gz>${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=bafa26647f334ecad04fc4bbef507a1954d7e0682f07bd38b90ab66dba5fe0d2
+
+pre_configure() {
+	./autogen.sh
+}
+
+post_install() {
+	vlicense COPYING
+	vdoc README.md
+}
+
+libbitcoin-client-devel_package() {
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
+	depends="${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/include
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.a"
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.so"
+		vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
+	}
+}