diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index f364216412..8e58c609a3 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -2303,3 +2303,5 @@ libpjsip-ua.so.2 pjproject-2.4.5_1
 libpjsip.so.2 pjproject-2.4.5_1
 libpjsua.so.2 pjproject-2.4.5_1
 libpjsua2.so.2 pjproject-2.4.5_1
+libhdf5_hl.so.10 hdf5-1.8.16_1
+libhdf5.so.10 hdf5-1.8.16_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/hdf5-devel b/srcpkgs/hdf5-devel
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..3bda0975d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/hdf5-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+hdf5
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/hdf5/template b/srcpkgs/hdf5/template
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bad3171b13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/hdf5/template
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# Template file for 'hdf5'
+pkgname=hdf5
+version=1.8.16
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-configure
+nocross=yes
+makedepends="zlib-devel"
+short_desc="A data model, library, and file format for storing and managing data"
+maintainer="pulux <pulux@pf4sh.de>"
+license="BSD"
+homepage="http://hdfgroup.org"
+distfiles="http://www.hdfgroup.org/ftp/HDF5/current/src/hdf5-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=ed17178abd9928a7237f30370189ba767b9e39e0db45917c2ac4665eb9cb4771
+
+post_install() {
+	vlicense COPYING
+}
+
+hdf5-devel_package() {
+	depends="${makedepends} ${sourcepkg}-${version}_${revision}"
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/include
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.a"
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.so"
+		vmove usr/share
+	}
+}