diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index 426b4f0a04..f41d0abbf8 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -1723,3 +1723,4 @@ libmatekbd.so.4 libmatekbd-1.8.0_1
 libmatekbdui.so.4 libmatekbd-1.8.0_1
 libmate-window-settings.so.1 libmate-control-center-1.8.1_1
 libmateweather.so.1 libmateweather-1.8.0_1
+libmate-panel-applet-4.so.1 libmate-panel-1.8.0_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libmate-panel b/srcpkgs/libmate-panel
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..3d6a56271f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libmate-panel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+mate-panel
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libmate-panel-devel b/srcpkgs/libmate-panel-devel
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..3d6a56271f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libmate-panel-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+mate-panel
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/mate-panel/template b/srcpkgs/mate-panel/template
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cd3ab0ef62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/mate-panel/template
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+# Template file for 'mate-panel'
+pkgname=mate-panel
+version=1.8.0
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-configure
+configure_args="--with-gtk=2.0 --disable-static --disable-schemas-compile
+ --enable-network-manager $(vopt_enable gir introspection)"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config intltool itstool"
+makedepends="gtk+-devel libcaja-devel libwnck2-devel libcanberra-devel libSM-devel
+ libmateweather-devel librsvg-devel libXau-devel libmarco-devel mate-menus-devel
+ dbus-glib-devel mate-desktop-devel NetworkManager-devel"
+depends="caja dconf marco mate-session-manager"
+short_desc="The MATE Panel"
+maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
+license="LGPL-3"
+homepage="http://mate-desktop.org"
+distfiles="http://pub.mate-desktop.org/releases/1.8/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
+checksum=ac20c42d1b2ae7bf08e4e701e12165e63753f80648c1ea4ff5297f3381481056
+
+build_options="gir"
+if [ -z "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
+	build_options_default="gir"
+fi
+
+libmate-panel_package() {
+	short_desc+=" - runtime library"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/lib/*.so.*
+		if [ "$build_option_gir" ]; then
+			vmove usr/lib/girepository-1.0
+		fi
+	}
+}
+libmate-panel-devel_package() {
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
+	depends="gtk+-devel lib${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/include
+		vmove usr/lib/*.so
+		vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
+		vmove usr/share/gtk-doc
+		if [ "$build_option_gir" ]; then
+			vmove usr/share/gir-1.0
+		fi
+	}
+}