diff --git a/srcpkgs/frobby-devel b/srcpkgs/frobby-devel
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..5a25e67f7b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/frobby-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+frobby
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/frobby/patches/Makefile.patch b/srcpkgs/frobby/patches/Makefile.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2269f8bfde6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/frobby/patches/Makefile.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
+index 36a3778..2529515 100644
+--- a/Makefile
++++ b/Makefile
+@@ -6,10 +6,8 @@
+ # ========================
+ # For GMP set **both**  GMP_INC_DIR  **and**  ldflags_for_gmp
+ # If you have a system installation of GMP with C++ support use next 2 lines:
+-# GMP_INC_DIR=
+-# ldflags_for_gmp=-lgmpxx -lgmp
+-GMP_INC_DIR=/usr/local/include
+-ldflags_for_gmp=-L/usr/local/lib -lgmpxx -lgmp
++GMP_INC_DIR=
++ldflags_for_gmp=-lgmpxx -lgmp
+ 
+ 
+ 
+@@ -80,7 +78,7 @@ ifndef CXX
+ endif
+ 
+ ifndef BIN_INSTALL_DIR
+-  BIN_INSTALL_DIR = "/usr/local/bin/"
++  BIN_INSTALL_DIR = "/usr/bin/"
+ endif
+ 
+ cxxflags = $(CXXFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) -I $(GMP_INC_DIR) -Wno-uninitialized -Wno-unused-parameter
+@@ -252,7 +250,7 @@ endif
+ 
+ -include $(objs:.o=.d)
+ 
+-PREFIX ?= /usr/local
++PREFIX ?= /usr
+ MAN1DIR ?= $(PREFIX)/share/man/man1
+ 
+ # Installation.
diff --git a/srcpkgs/frobby/template b/srcpkgs/frobby/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..99ead8fe3ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/frobby/template
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# Template file for 'frobby'
+pkgname=frobby
+version=0.9.5
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-makefile
+makedepends="gmp-devel gmpxx-devel"
+short_desc="Computations with monomial ideals"
+maintainer="Eloi Torrents <eloitor@disroot.org>"
+license="GPL-2.0-only"
+homepage="https://github.com/Macaulay2/frobby"
+changelog="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Macaulay2/frobby/master/changelog.txt"
+distfiles="https://github.com/Macaulay2/frobby/archive/refs/tags/v${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=714c33c4f68e86d82062d7a42ad42c581d4b4c60d6a73ee1836ba1be7f985eb3
+
+post_build() {
+	RANLIB=/usr/bin/ranlib make CFLAGS="$CFLAGS" CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS" library
+}
+
+frobby-devel_package() {
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
+	depends="${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmkdir usr/include
+		vcopy src/frobby.h usr/include
+		vcopy src/stdinc.h usr/include
+		vcopy bin/libfrobby.a usr/lib
+	}
+}