diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index 9e13275b74d..951c3bd1136 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -1232,3 +1232,4 @@ libre2.so.0 re2-20130115_1
 libminizip.so.1 minizip-1.2.7_1
 libsrtp.so.0 libsrtp-1.4.4_1
 libjsoncpp.so.0 jsoncpp-0.6.0rc2_1
+libesmtp.so.6 libesmtp-1.0.6_4
diff --git a/srcpkgs/balsa/template b/srcpkgs/balsa/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b5f20b25c63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/balsa/template
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+# Template file for 'balsa'
+pkgname=balsa
+version=2.5.0
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-configure
+configure_args="--without-nm --without-gtkspell --with-gmime=2.6 --with-ssl
+ --with-gpgme=/usr/bin/gpgme-config --with-libsecret --enable-touch-ui
+ --enable-pcre"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config intltool automake gettext-devel"
+makedepends="iso-codes enchant-devel libnotify-devel libesmtp-devel gtk+3-devel
+ gmime-devel webkitgtk-devel openssl-devel gpgme-devel libsecret-devel pcre-devel
+ hicolor-icon-theme desktop-file-utils"
+short_desc="An email client for GNOME"
+maintainer="pancake <pancake@nopcode.org>"
+homepage="http://pawsa.fedorapeople.org/balsa/"
+license="GPL-2"
+distfiles="http://pawsa.fedorapeople.org/balsa/balsa-2.5.0.tar.bz2"
+checksum=67eaddbc33a079a74b65bf5f71ef163573f7d4a6f29ed6dca2ad6811d95519b4
+
+pre_configure() {
+	sed -i 's/if test $with_g_d_u = yes ; then/\
+		AM_CONDITIONAL([ENABLE_SK], [test $with_g_d_u = "yes"])\
+		if test $with_g_d_u = yes ; then/' configure.ac
+	mkdir m4
+	autoreconf -fi
+}
+
+balsa_package() {
+	depends="hicolor-icon-theme desktop-file-utils"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove all
+	}
+}