diff --git a/srcpkgs/libvpx-devel b/srcpkgs/libvpx-devel
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..230e0dffa9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libvpx-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+libvpx
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libvpx/depends b/srcpkgs/libvpx/depends
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b128089b5d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libvpx/depends
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+abi_depends=">=0.9.6"
+api_depends="${abi_depends}"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libvpx/libvpx-devel.template b/srcpkgs/libvpx/libvpx-devel.template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6d5c399ee5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libvpx/libvpx-devel.template
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# Template file for 'libvpx-devel'.
+#
+short_desc="${short_desc} - development files"
+long_desc="${long_desc}
+
+ This package contains files for development, headers, static libs, etc."
+
+Add_dependency run yasm
+Add_dependency run glibc-devel
+Add_dependency run libvpx
+
+do_install()
+{
+	mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib
+	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/include ${DESTDIR}/usr
+	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/lib/*.*a ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib
+}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libvpx/template b/srcpkgs/libvpx/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5367c8db76c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libvpx/template
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# Template file for 'libvpx'
+pkgname=libvpx
+version=0.9.6
+wrksrc="libvpx-v${version}"
+distfiles="http://webm.googlecode.com/files/${pkgname}-v${version}.tar.bz2"
+build_style=configure
+configure_args="--enable-vp8 --enable-runtime-cpu-detect --enable-shared
+--enable-postproc --enable-pic --disable-install-docs --disable-install-srcs"
+make_install_target="DIST_DIR=${XBPS_DESTDIR}/${pkgname}-${version}/usr install"
+short_desc="The VP8 Codec SDK"
+maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
+checksum=28bd8a8ef216fb570912f0d378668051d99681bf13735b59e68a12ad79f2aa73
+long_desc="
+ WebM is an open, royalty-free, media file format designed for the web.
+
+ WebM defines the file container structure, video and audio formats. WebM
+ files consist of video streams compressed with the VP8 video codec and audio
+ streams compressed with the Vorbis audio codec. The WebM file structure is
+ based on the Matroska container."
+
+subpackages="$pkgname-devel"
+Add_dependency run glibc
+Add_dependency build yasm
diff --git a/xbps-src/common/mapping_shlib_binpkg.txt b/xbps-src/common/mapping_shlib_binpkg.txt
index b85ee54169b..fde407ad7f4 100644
--- a/xbps-src/common/mapping_shlib_binpkg.txt
+++ b/xbps-src/common/mapping_shlib_binpkg.txt
@@ -803,3 +803,4 @@ libchamplain-0.10.so		libchamplain		libchamplain-devel
 libchamplain-gtk-0.10.so	libchamplain		libchamplain-devel
 libgeoclue.so			geoclue			geoclue-devel
 libgnome-shell.so		gnome-shell
+libvpx.so			libvpx			libvpx-devel