diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index 7359d54f21c..1988507c039 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -1716,3 +1716,4 @@ liblapack.so.3 lapack-3.5.0_1
 libcinnamon-menu-3.so.0 cinnamon-menus-2.2.0_1
 libpolkit-gtk-mate-1.so.0 mate-polkit-1.8.0_2
 libmate-desktop-2.so.17 mate-desktop-1.8.0_1
+libmarco-private.so.0 libmarco-1.8.0_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libmarco b/srcpkgs/libmarco
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..8f96c9323b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libmarco
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+marco
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libmarco-devel b/srcpkgs/libmarco-devel
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..8f96c9323b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libmarco-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+marco
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/marco/template b/srcpkgs/marco/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..418aba7b25b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/marco/template
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+# Template file for 'marco'
+pkgname=marco
+version=1.8.0
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-configure
+configure_args="--disable-static --with-gtk=2.0 --enable-startup-notification --disable-schemas-compile"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config intltool itstool mate-dialogs"
+makedepends="gtk+-devel libnotify-devel libgtop-devel libSM-devel
+ libXt-devel libXcomposite-devel mate-desktop-devel libcanberra-devel
+ startup-notification-devel"
+depends="mate-dialogs"
+short_desc="A window manager for MATE"
+maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
+license="LGPL-2"
+homepage="http://mate-desktop.org"
+distfiles="http://pub.mate-desktop.org/releases/1.8/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
+checksum=b66f58c87552a20a4533c1ea482d374a35c8921091736e198c2bf1774163a9e6
+
+libmarco_package() {
+	short_desc+=" - runtime library"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/lib/*.so.*
+	}
+}
+libmarco-devel_package() {
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
+	depends="libmarco>=${version}_${revision}"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/include
+		vmove usr/lib/*.so
+		vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
+	}
+}