diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index 755a3f2eb0c..b7ad10c1d82 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -2343,3 +2343,5 @@ libpodofo.so.0.9.3 podofo-0.9.3_1
 libIrcUtil.so.3 libcommuni-3.4.0_1
 libIrcCore.so.3 libcommuni-3.4.0_1
 libIrcModel.so.3 libcommuni-3.4.0_1
+libtolua.so tolua-5.2.0_1
+
diff --git a/srcpkgs/tolua-devel b/srcpkgs/tolua-devel
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..bf41ed74c71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/tolua-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+tolua
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/tolua/template b/srcpkgs/tolua/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2382c202171
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/tolua/template
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Template file for 'tolua'
+pkgname=tolua
+version=5.2.0
+revision=1
+build_style=cmake
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config cmake"
+makedepends="lua52-devel"
+short_desc="A tool that greatly simplifies the integration of C/C++ code with Lua"
+maintainer="Antonio Malcolm <antonio@antoniomalcolm.com>"
+license="GPL-2"
+homepage="https://github.com/LuaDist/tolua"
+distfiles="${homepage}/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=121ae6b6e1fb86d064e5994be5ef43ee2e20d2602f40e6ba48fa9de867ffc3d5
+
+shlib_provides="libtolua.so"
+
+CFLAGS="-I${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/include/lua5.2 -fPIC"
+nopie=yes
+
+tolua-devel_package() {
+	depends="${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove "usr/include"
+	}
+}