diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index 9a13eec6f44..489b32a0e28 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -2871,3 +2871,4 @@ libmozjs-52.so.0 mozjs52-52.3.0_1
 libvala-0.38.so.0 libvala-0.38.1_1
 libvaladoc-0.38.so.0 libvala-0.38.1_1
 libphodav-2.0.so.0 phodav-2.2_1
+libgfshare.so.2 libgfshare-2.0.0_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libgfshare-bin b/srcpkgs/libgfshare-bin
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..aa3e61c7b48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libgfshare-bin
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+libgfshare
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libgfshare-devel b/srcpkgs/libgfshare-devel
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..aa3e61c7b48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libgfshare-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+libgfshare
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libgfshare/template b/srcpkgs/libgfshare/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f379a506623
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libgfshare/template
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+# Template file for 'libgfshare'
+pkgname=libgfshare
+version=2.0.0
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-configure
+hostmakedepends="automake pkg-config libtool"
+short_desc="Shamir's secret-sharing method in the Galois Field GF(2**8)"
+maintainer="lemmi <lemmi@nerd2nerd.org>"
+license="MIT"
+homepage="https://git.gitano.org.uk/libgfshare.git"
+distfiles="http://www.digital-scurf.org/files/libgfshare/libgfshare-${version}.tar.bz2"
+checksum=d9c2bd5e798a0e9156aa33be091367ecb8fe0dce548c2529682594529b450135
+
+pre_configure() {
+	autoreconf -fi
+}
+
+post_install() {
+	vlicense COPYRIGHT
+}
+
+libgfshare-devel_package() {
+	depends="${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/include
+		vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.a"
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.so"
+	}
+}
+
+libgfshare-bin_package() {
+	short_desc+="gfsplit and gfcombine utilities for multi-way secret-sharing"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/bin/gfcombine
+		vmove usr/bin/gfsplit
+	}
+}