diff --git a/srcpkgs/gir-json-glib b/srcpkgs/gir-json-glib
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..f6ab71b1c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/gir-json-glib
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+json-glib
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/json-glib-devel b/srcpkgs/json-glib-devel
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..f6ab71b1c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/json-glib-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+json-glib
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/json-glib/depends b/srcpkgs/json-glib/depends
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f67f5dc955
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/json-glib/depends
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+abi_depends=">=0.12.2"
+api_depends="${abi_depends}"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/json-glib/gir-json-glib.template b/srcpkgs/json-glib/gir-json-glib.template
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..95d750125d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/json-glib/gir-json-glib.template
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# Template file for 'gir-json-glib'.
+#
+short_desc="Introspection data for json-glib"
+long_desc="${long_desc}
+
+ This package contains small pieces of introspection data for the
+ json-glib library."
+
+do_install()
+{
+	install -d ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib
+	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/lib/girepository-1.0 ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib
+}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/json-glib/json-glib-devel.template b/srcpkgs/json-glib/json-glib-devel.template
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4f5c56ff9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/json-glib/json-glib-devel.template
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# Template file for 'json-glib-devel'.
+#
+short_desc="${sourcepkg} - development files"
+long_desc="${long_desc}
+
+ This package contains files for development, headers, static libs, etc."
+
+Add_dependency run glib-devel
+Add_dependency run json-glib
+
+do_install()
+{
+	mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib
+	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/{include,share} ${DESTDIR}/usr
+	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/lib/pkgconfig ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib
+}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/json-glib/template b/srcpkgs/json-glib/template
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b26ca6bdd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/json-glib/template
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# Template build file for 'json-glib'.
+pkgname=json-glib
+version=0.12.2
+distfiles="${GNOME_SITE}/${pkgname}/0.12/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.bz2"
+build_style=gnu_configure
+short_desc="A JSON parser for GLib-based libraries and applications"
+maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
+checksum=89fa9b870dfe2d8b7b00210be76cdbb2d46a8d2cc77ca7cbe5d081bdf8cad780
+long_desc="
+ JSON-GLib implements a full JSON parser using GLib and GObject.
+
+ Use JSON-GLib it is possible to parse and generate valid JSON data
+ structures, using a DOM-like API. JSON-GLib also offers GObject
+ integration, providing the ability to serialize and deserialize
+ GObject instances to and from JSON data types."
+
+subpackages="gir-${pkgname} ${pkgname}-devel"
+Add_dependency run glibc
+Add_dependency run glib
+Add_dependency build pkg-config
+Add_dependency build glib-devel
+Add_dependency build gobject-introspection
diff --git a/xbps-src/common/mapping_shlib_binpkg.txt b/xbps-src/common/mapping_shlib_binpkg.txt
index bec412cf49..2aba5f5165 100644
--- a/xbps-src/common/mapping_shlib_binpkg.txt
+++ b/xbps-src/common/mapping_shlib_binpkg.txt
@@ -755,3 +755,4 @@ libsvn_ra_neon-1.so		libsvn			subversion-devel
 libsvn_swig_py-1.so		subversion-python	subversion-devel
 libsvn_swig_perl-1.so		subversion-perl		subversion-devel
 libsvn_swig_ruby-1.so		subversion-ruby		subversion-devel
+libjson-glib-1.0.so		json-glib		json-glib-devel