diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index fe76a78e8c2..98571f20807 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -972,3 +972,4 @@ libfltk_images.so.1.3 fltk-1.3.0_1
 libspectre.so.1 libspectre-0.2.6_1
 libsratom-0.so.0 sratom-0.2.0_1
 libmongoose.so.0 libmongoose-3.1_1
+libpwquality.so.1 libpwquality-1.1.1_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libpwquality-devel b/srcpkgs/libpwquality-devel
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..db26e623f28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libpwquality-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+libpwquality
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libpwquality/libpwquality-devel.template b/srcpkgs/libpwquality/libpwquality-devel.template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6d19214782d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libpwquality/libpwquality-devel.template
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# Template file for 'libpwquality-devel'.
+#
+depends="libpwquality>=$version"
+noarch=yes
+short_desc="${short_desc} -- development files"
+long_desc="${long_desc}
+
+ This package contains files for development, headers, static libs, etc."
+
+do_install() {
+	vmove usr/include usr
+	vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig usr/lib
+}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libpwquality/libpwquality.rshlibs b/srcpkgs/libpwquality/libpwquality.rshlibs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..82ccb842d0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libpwquality/libpwquality.rshlibs
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+libcrack.so.2
+libpam.so.0
+libc.so.6
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libpwquality/template b/srcpkgs/libpwquality/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..522d0714d92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libpwquality/template
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# Template file for 'libpwquality'
+pkgname=libpwquality
+version=1.1.1
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-configure
+configure_args="--disable-static --enable-pam --disable-python-bindings
+--with-securedir=/lib/security"
+makedepends="pam-devel"
+subpackages="$pkgname-devel"
+conf_files="/etc/security/pwquality.conf"
+short_desc="Library for password quality checking and generating random passwords"
+maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
+homepage="https://fedorahosted.org/libpwquality/"
+distfiles="https://fedorahosted.org/releases/l/i/$pkgname/$pkgname-$version.tar.bz2"
+checksum=d11c71e88963feba1b06a594def201f2b4235680a8ac72ec6bbfc998e0acdf4e
+long_desc="
+ The libpwquality library purpose is to provide common functions for password
+ quality checking and also scoring them based on their apparent randomness.
+ The library also provides a function for generating random passwords with
+ good pronounceability. The library supports reading and parsing of a
+ configuration file."