diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index f0a318e9de..c1c56a5b54 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -945,3 +945,4 @@ libestr.so.0			libestr			libestr-devel
 libee.so.0			libee			libee-devel
 libobt.so.0			libopenbox		openbox-devel
 libobrender.so.27		libopenbox		openbox-devel
+libgssglue.so.1			libgssglue		libgssglue-devel
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libgssglue-devel b/srcpkgs/libgssglue-devel
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..5695578d42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libgssglue-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+libgssglue
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libgssglue/depends b/srcpkgs/libgssglue/depends
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..91173a9649
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libgssglue/depends
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+abi_depends=">=0.3"
+api_depends="${abi_depends}"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libgssglue/files/gssapi_mech.conf b/srcpkgs/libgssglue/files/gssapi_mech.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..05bab80953
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libgssglue/files/gssapi_mech.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# Example /etc/gssapi_mech.conf file
+#
+# GSSAPI Mechanism Definitions
+#
+# This configuration file determines which GSS-API mechanisms
+# the gssd code should use
+#
+# NOTE:
+# The initiaiization function "mechglue_internal_krb5_init"
+# is used for the MIT krb5 gssapi mechanism.  This special
+# function name indicates that an internal function should
+# be used to determine the entry points for the MIT gssapi
+# mechanism funtions.
+#
+# library                               initialization function
+# ================================      ==========================
+# The MIT K5 gssapi library, use special function for initialization.
+/usr/lib/libgssapi_krb5.so		mechglue_internal_krb5_init
+#/usr/lib/libgssapi.so			mechglue_internal_krb5_init
+#
+# The SPKM3 gssapi library function.  Use the function spkm3_gss_initialize.
+# /usr/local/gss_mechs/spkm/spkm3/libgssapi_spkm3.so    spkm3_gss_initialize
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libgssglue/libgssglue-devel.template b/srcpkgs/libgssglue/libgssglue-devel.template
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3ddccafcfe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libgssglue/libgssglue-devel.template
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# Template file for 'libgssglue-devel'.
+#
+short_desc="${short_desc} - development files"
+long_desc="${long_desc}
+
+ This package contains files for development, headers, static libs, etc."
+
+Add_dependency run glibc-devel
+Add_dependency run libgssglue
+
+do_install() {
+	vmove usr/include usr
+	vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig usr/lib
+	vmove "usr/lib/*.a" usr/lib
+}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libgssglue/libgssglue.rshlibs b/srcpkgs/libgssglue/libgssglue.rshlibs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d02f93f916
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libgssglue/libgssglue.rshlibs
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+libdl.so.2
+libc.so.6
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libgssglue/template b/srcpkgs/libgssglue/template
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4adbd737cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libgssglue/template
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# Template file for 'libgssglue'
+pkgname=libgssglue
+version=0.3
+homepage="http://www.citi.umich.edu/projects/nfsv4/linux/"
+distfiles="$homepage/$pkgname/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
+build_style=gnu-configure
+short_desc="Mechanism-switch gssapi library"
+maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
+license="BSD"
+checksum=d98a022af432b61fe2a1eb811b5916743ccb781e383da680f1a00fd1005a5174
+long_desc="
+ This library exports a gssapi interface, but doesn't implement any gssapi
+ mechanisms itself; instead it calls gssapi routines in other libraries,
+ depending on the mechanism."
+
+conf_files="/etc/gssapi_mech.conf"
+subpackages="$pkgname-devel"
+
+post_install() {
+	vinstall ${FILESDIR}/gssapi_mech.conf 644 etc
+}