diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index 4ba9b52a6be..673d86791b5 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -1822,3 +1822,4 @@ libqtermwidget5.so.0 qtermwidget-0.6.0_1
 libnpth.so.0 npth-1.1_1
 libglfw.so.3 glfw-3.0.4_1
 libusbmuxd.so.4 libusbmuxd-1.0.10_1
+libimobiledevice.so.5 libimobiledevice-1.1.7_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libimobiledevice-devel b/srcpkgs/libimobiledevice-devel
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..ffb82700045
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libimobiledevice-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+libimobiledevice
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libimobiledevice/template b/srcpkgs/libimobiledevice/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d5baf9fe6ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libimobiledevice/template
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# Template file for 'libimobiledevice'
+pkgname=libimobiledevice
+version=1.1.7
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-configure
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
+makedepends="libglib-devel libressl-devel libusb-devel libplist-devel libusbmuxd-devel"
+short_desc="A library to communicate with Apple devices"
+maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
+license="GPL-2,LGPL-2.1"
+homepage="http://www.libimobiledevice.org/"
+distfiles="http://www.libimobiledevice.org/downloads/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.bz2"
+checksum=e6afaad739f8deeb5b9c5c99fac7d01c818fa944b18ef3d3ae0456453d2eb2b0
+
+libimobiledevice-devel_package() {
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
+	depends="${makedepends} ${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/include
+		vmove usr/lib/*.a
+		vmove usr/lib/*.so
+		vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
+	}
+}