diff --git a/srcpkgs/wesnoth-data b/srcpkgs/wesnoth-data
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..24519274681
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/wesnoth-data
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+wesnoth
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/wesnoth/template b/srcpkgs/wesnoth/template
index c413424b708..595318c6419 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/wesnoth/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/wesnoth/template
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 # Template file for 'wesnoth'
 pkgname=wesnoth
 version=1.12.5
-revision=1
-#wrksrc="${pkgname}-${version}.0"
+revision=2
 build_style=cmake
 configure_args="-DENABLE_OMP=1"
 hostmakedepends="cmake pkg-config"
 makedepends="dbus-devel libgomp-devel fribidi-devel SDL_image-devel SDL_net-devel SDL_ttf-devel SDL_mixer-devel pango-devel libvorbis-devel zlib-devel bzip2-devel boost-devel"
-depends="desktop-file-utils"
+depends="wesnoth-data desktop-file-utils"
 short_desc="Turn-based fantasy strategy game"
 maintainer="Philipp Hirsch <itself@hanspolo.net>"
 license="GPL-2"
@@ -19,3 +18,10 @@ post_install() {
 	# runit service
 	vsv wesnothd
 }
+
+wesnoth-data_package() {
+	noarch=yes
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/share/$pkgname
+	}
+}