diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index 927f7bc0e0e..61ed15ecf41 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -1240,3 +1240,4 @@ libesmtp.so.6 libesmtp-1.0.6_4
 libcaca.so.0 libcaca-0.99.beta18_3
 libunwind.so.8 libunwind-1.1_1
 libmicrohttpd.so.10 libmicrohttpd-0.9.26_1
+libgit2.so.0 libgit2-0.18.0_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libgit2-devel b/srcpkgs/libgit2-devel
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..fa92a04554a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libgit2-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+libgit2
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libgit2/template b/srcpkgs/libgit2/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..73cc1992fc4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libgit2/template
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+# Template file for 'libgit2'
+pkgname=libgit2
+version=0.18.0
+revision=1
+short_desc="The Git linkable library"
+maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
+homepage="http://libgit2.github.com/"
+license="GPL-2 with Linking Exception"
+long_desc="
+ libgit2 is a portable, pure C implementation of the Git core methods provided
+ as a re-entrant linkable library with a solid API, allowing you to write
+ native speed custom Git applications in any language with bindings."
+
+nofetch=yes
+noextract=yes
+build_style=cmake
+hostmakedepends="cmake python"
+makedepends="zlib-devel openssl-devel"
+
+do_fetch() {
+	git clone -b v${version} git://github.com/libgit2/libgit2.git ${pkgname}-${version}
+}
+
+libgit2-devel_package() {
+	depends="openssl-devel zlib-devel libgit2>=$version"
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/include
+		vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
+	}
+}
+
+libgit2_package() {
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove all
+	}
+}