diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index a4282fc81d..c02073c628 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -2138,3 +2138,4 @@ libmlt.so.6 mlt-0.9.6_1
 libmlt++.so.3 mlt-0.9.6_1
 libunibilium.so.0 unibilium-1.1.6_1
 libtermkey.so.1 libtermkey-0.17_1
+libicu4lua.so.0 icu4lua-0.2B_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/icu4lua-devel b/srcpkgs/icu4lua-devel
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..ae3bc8de3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/icu4lua-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+icu4lua
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/icu4lua/files/Makefile b/srcpkgs/icu4lua/files/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2b0b2788e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/icu4lua/files/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+VERSION?=	0.2B
+DESTDIR?=	/
+PREFIX=		$(DESTDIR)/usr
+LIBDIR=		$(PREFIX)/lib
+INCDIR=		$(PREFIX)/include
+
+SILENT?=
+SOURCES=	icu.c icu.collator.c icu.idna.c icu.normalizer.c icu.regex.c \
+		icu.stringprep.c icu.ufile.c icu.ustring.c icu.utf8.c matchengine.c
+OBJS=		icu.o icu.collator.o icu.idna.o icu.normalizer.o icu.regex.o \
+		icu.stringprep.o icu.ufile.o icu.ustring.o icu.utf8.o matchengine.o
+HEADERS=	formatting.h icu4lua.h matchengine.h
+TARGET=		libicu4lua.so
+SO_MAJOR=	0
+SO_MINOR=	1
+SO_BUILD=	1
+SO_VER=		$(SO_MAJOR).$(SO_MINOR).$(SO_BUILD)
+ICU_CFLAGS=	`pkg-config --cflags icu-i18n icu-io`
+ICU_LIBS=	`pkg-config --libs icu-i18n icu-io`
+LUA_CFLAGS=	`pkg-config --cflags lua5.1`
+LUA_LIBS=	`pkg-config --libs lua5.1`
+
+all:	$(TARGET)
+
+$(TARGET):	$(OBJS)
+	@echo "Linking $@ ..."
+	$(SILENT)$(CC) -shared -Wl,-soname,$(TARGET).$(SO_MAJOR) \
+		-o $(TARGET).$(SO_VER) $(LDFLAGS) \
+		$(OBJS) $(LIBS) $(LUA_LIBS) -L/usr/lib/icu $(ICU_LIBS)
+
+.c.o:
+	@echo "Compling $< ..."
+	$(SILENT)$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(ICU_CFLAGS) $(LUA_CFLAGS) -o $@ -c $<
+
+install:	$(TARGET)
+	@echo "Installing..."
+	install -d $(LIBDIR)/
+	install -m 0755 $(TARGET).$(SO_VER) $(LIBDIR)
+	ln -s $(TARGET).$(SO_VER) $(LIBDIR)/$(TARGET).$(SO_MAJOR).$(SO_MINOR)
+	ln -s $(TARGET).$(SO_MAJOR).$(SO_MINOR) $(LIBDIR)/$(TARGET).$(SO_MAJOR)
+	ln -s $(TARGET).$(SO_MAJOR) $(LIBDIR)/$(TARGET)
+	install -d $(INCDIR)/icu4lua
+	install -m 0644 *.h $(INCDIR)/icu4lua
+	install -d $(LIBDIR)/pkgconfig
+	sed < icu4lua.pc.in -e "s;@VERSION@;$(VERSION);" \
+		> $(LIBDIR)/pkgconfig/icu4lua.pc
+
diff --git a/srcpkgs/icu4lua/files/icu4lua.pc.in b/srcpkgs/icu4lua/files/icu4lua.pc.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ea050ddbce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/icu4lua/files/icu4lua.pc.in
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+prefix=/usr
+exec_prefix=${prefix}
+libdir=${exec_prefix}/lib
+includedir=${exec_prefix}/incude
+
+Name: icu4lua
+Description: Unicode support for Lua 5.1
+Version: @VERSION@
+Requires: icu-i18n icu-io
+Libs: -L${libdir} -licu4lua
+CFlags: -I${includedir}/icu4lua
diff --git a/srcpkgs/icu4lua/template b/srcpkgs/icu4lua/template
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..02a379b5c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/icu4lua/template
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+# Template file for 'icu4lua'
+pkgname=icu4lua
+version=0.2B
+revision=1
+create_wrksrc=yes
+build_style=gnu-makefile
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config unzip"
+makedepends="icu55-devel lua51-devel"
+short_desc="Binary module for providing Unicode support to Lua"
+maintainer="Jürgen Buchmüller <pullmoll@t-online.de>"
+license="MIT,X"
+homepage="http://luaforge.net/projects/${pkgname}/"
+distfiles="
+ http://files.luaforge.net/releases/icu-lua/icu-lua/${version}/ICU4Lua-${version}-src.zip
+ http://files.luaforge.net/releases/icu-lua/icu-lua/${version}/ICU4Lua-${version}-docs.zip"
+checksum="
+ 04368e7f7573f7e0d9ca4d9f06d760234ae51199e6e7682701a0fc0cfb5cd677
+ d46449d77bc403e3258fd77e37de664148b0051fbd92a5d1c51b167370a26d02"
+
+CFLAGS="-fPIC"
+
+do_build() {
+	cp ${FILESDIR}/Makefile src
+	cp ${FILESDIR}/icu4lua.pc.in src
+	make -C src ${make_build_args} ${make_build_target}
+}
+
+do_install() {
+	make -C src VERSION=${version} DESTDIR=${DESTDIR} install
+	vdoc doc/index.html
+}
+
+icu4lua-devel_package() {
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
+	depends="${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/share/doc
+		vmove usr/include
+		vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.so"
+	}
+}