diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index 48df878710..e5b4771737 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -1406,3 +1406,4 @@ libFOX-1.6.so.0 fox-1.6.49_1
 libCHART-1.6.so.0 fox-1.6.49_1
 libchromaprint.so.0 chromaprint-0.7_1
 libglamor.so.0 glamor-egl-0.5.1_1
+libedit.so.0 libedit-20130712.3.1_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libedit-devel b/srcpkgs/libedit-devel
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..daae40a698
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libedit-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+libedit
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libedit/template b/srcpkgs/libedit/template
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9dbb6e4276
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libedit/template
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+# Template file for 'libedit'
+pkgname=libedit
+_datever=20130712
+_distver=3.1
+version=${_datever}.${_distver}
+wrksrc="${pkgname}-${_datever}-${_distver}"
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-configure
+makedepends="ncurses-devel"
+short_desc="Port of the NetBSD Command Line Editor Library"
+maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
+license="Simplified BSD"
+homepage="http://www.thrysoee.dk/editline/"
+distfiles="http://www.thrysoee.dk/editline/libedit-${_datever}-${_distver}.tar.gz"
+checksum=5d9b1a9dd66f1fe28bbd98e4d8ed1a22d8da0d08d902407dcc4a0702c8d88a37
+
+libedit-devel_package() {
+	depends="ncurses-devel ${sourcepkg}-${version}_${revision}"
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/include
+		vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.a"
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.so"
+		vmove usr/share/man/man3
+	}
+}
+
+libedit_package() {
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove all
+	}
+}