diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index 3db3f9bb4f..c903f55dc2 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -1557,4 +1557,4 @@ libogmrip-mplayer.so.1 ogmrip-1.0.0_1
 libogmrip.so.1 ogmrip-1.0.0_1
 libogmrip-lavc.so.1 ogmrip-1.0.0_1 
 libogmdvd-gtk.so.1 ogmrip-1.0.0_1
-
+liba2ps.so.1 liba2ps-4.14_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/a2ps/template b/srcpkgs/a2ps/template
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4de82a8047
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/a2ps/template
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+# Template file for 'a2ps'
+
+pkgname="a2ps"
+version="4.14"
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-configure
+short_desc="Any to PS filter"
+maintainer="Carlo Dormeletti <carlo.dormeletti@email.it>"
+license="GPL-2"
+hostmakedepends="perl gperf"
+makedepends="ghostscript ImageMagick psutils groff cups"
+depends="liba2ps>=${version}"
+conf_files="/etc/a2ps/a2ps.cfg /etc/a2ps/a2ps-site.cfg"
+homepage="http://www.gnu.org/software/a2ps/"
+distfiles="http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/a2ps/a2ps-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum="f3ae8d3d4564a41b6e2a21f237d2f2b104f48108591e8b83497500182a3ab3a4"
+
+do_configure() {
+     sed -i "s/GPERF --version |/& head -n 1 |/" ./configure
+     sed -i "s|/usr/local/share|/usr/share|" ./configure 
+     LIBS+="-lm" ./configure --prefix=/usr  --sysconfdir=/etc/a2ps --enable-shared --with-medium=A4 
+}
+
+
+liba2ps-devel_package() {
+    short_desc+=" - development files"
+    depends="${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
+    pkg_install() {
+        vmove usr/include
+        vmove "usr/lib/*.a"
+    }
+}
+
+liba2ps_package() {
+    short_desc+=" - library files"
+    depends="${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
+    pkg_install() {
+        vmove "usr/lib/*.so.*"
+
+    }
+}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/liba2ps b/srcpkgs/liba2ps
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..64c3e4ccca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/liba2ps
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+a2ps/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/liba2ps-devel b/srcpkgs/liba2ps-devel
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..64c3e4ccca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/liba2ps-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+a2ps/
\ No newline at end of file