diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index 4a8c303a261..cbbcdc2690c 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -1626,3 +1626,4 @@ libgmock_main.so.0 gmock-1.7.0_1
 libopensc.so.3 libopensc-0.13.0_2
 libsmm-local.so.3 libopensc-0.13.0_2
 libSDL2_ttf-2.0.so.0 SDL2_ttf-2.0.12_1
+librtlsdr.so.0 librtlsdr-0.5.3_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/librtlsdr-devel b/srcpkgs/librtlsdr-devel
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..28e4dcfcfc6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/librtlsdr-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+librtlsdr
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/librtlsdr/template b/srcpkgs/librtlsdr/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..32413fc878d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/librtlsdr/template
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+# Template file for 'librtlsdr'
+pkgname=librtlsdr
+version=0.5.3
+revision=1
+build_style=cmake
+maintainer="Carlo Dormeletti <carlo.dormeletti@email.it>"
+homepage="http://sdr.osmocom.org/trac/wiki/rtl-sdr"
+license="GPL-2"
+short_desc="turns your Realtek RTL2832 based DVB dongle into a SDR receiver"
+hostmakedepends="cmake pkg-config"
+makedepends="libusb-devel"
+distfiles="https://github.com/steve-m/${pkgname}/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum="98fb5c34ac94d6f2235a0bb41a08f8bed7949e1d1b91ea57a7c1110191ea58de"
+
+librtlsdr-devel_package() {
+    short_desc+=" - development files"
+    depends="${pkgname}>=${version}_${revision}"
+    pkg_install() {
+        vmove usr/include
+	vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
+        vmove "usr/lib/*.a"
+        vmove "usr/lib/*.so"
+    }
+}
+
+rtl-sdr_package() {
+    short_desc+=" - helper and test programs"
+    #depends="${pkgname}>=${version}_${revision}"
+    pkg_install() {
+        vmove usr/bin
+    }
+}
+
+post_install(){
+    mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/udev/rules.d
+    cp ${wrksrc}/rtl-sdr.rules ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/udev/rules.d/53-rtl-sdr.rules
+}
+
+
+
diff --git a/srcpkgs/rtl-sdr b/srcpkgs/rtl-sdr
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..28e4dcfcfc6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/rtl-sdr
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+librtlsdr
\ No newline at end of file