diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index 1001d67eb49..27a02038cfa 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -1166,3 +1166,4 @@ libethumb.so.1 ethumb-1.7.4_1
 libethumb_client.so.1 ethumb-1.7.4_1
 libelementary.so.1 elementary-1.7.4_1
 libjansson.so.4 jansson-2.4_1
+libleveldb.so.1 leveldb-1.8.0_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/leveldb-devel b/srcpkgs/leveldb-devel
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..91020d0b16c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/leveldb-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+leveldb
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/leveldb/leveldb-devel.template b/srcpkgs/leveldb/leveldb-devel.template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3901d1743f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/leveldb/leveldb-devel.template
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# Template file for 'leveldb-devel'.
+#
+noarch=yes
+depends="${sourcepkg}>=${version}"
+short_desc="${short_desc} -- development files"
+
+do_install() {
+	vmove usr/include usr
+	vmove usr/share/doc usr/share
+}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/leveldb/template b/srcpkgs/leveldb/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..65af064df0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/leveldb/template
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+# Template file for 'leveldb'
+pkgname=leveldb
+version=1.8.0
+revision=1
+subpackages="${pkgname}-devel"
+short_desc="A fast and lightweight key/value database library by Google"
+maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
+license="BSD"
+homepage="http://code.google.com/p/leveldb"
+distfiles="http://leveldb.googlecode.com/files/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=c75710786b48e25a58de54ddbc2b59c9b3332032a1e336b961d734b3e107ccad
+
+do_build() {
+	make ${makejobs}
+}
+
+do_install() {
+	vmkdir usr/lib
+	vmkdir usr/include/leveldb
+	vmkdir usr/share/doc/leveldb
+
+	# libraries
+	vinstall libleveldb.so.${version%.?*} 755 usr/lib
+	cp -P libleveldb.so{,.1} ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib
+
+	# headers
+	install -m644 include/leveldb/* ${DESTDIR}/usr/include/leveldb
+
+	# documentation
+	cp -r doc/* ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/doc/${pkgname}
+
+	# license
+	vinstall LICENSE 644 usr/share/licenses/${pkgname}
+}