diff --git a/srcpkgs/Ice-devel b/srcpkgs/Ice-devel
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..afa20b55e8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/Ice-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Ice
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/Ice/Ice-devel.template b/srcpkgs/Ice/Ice-devel.template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..42049d02237
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/Ice/Ice-devel.template
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# Template file for 'Ice-devel'.
+#
+short_desc="${short_desc} (Development files)"
+long_desc="${long_desc}
+
+ This package contains files for development, headers, static libs, etc."
+
+Add_dependency run Ice
+
+do_install()
+{
+        vmove usr/include usr
+}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/Ice/libIce.template b/srcpkgs/Ice/libIce.template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c752b97353e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/Ice/libIce.template
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# Template file for 'libIce'.
+#
+short_desc="${short_desc} Runtime libraries"
+long_desc="${long_desc}
+
+ This package contains the Ice runtime libraries."
+
+Add_dependency run glibc
+Add_dependency run libstdc++
+Add_dependency run libgcc
+Add_dependency run libssl
+Add_dependency run bzip2
+Add_dependency run libmcpp
+Add_dependency run libdb
+Add_dependency run expat
+Add_dependency run Ice
+
+do_install()
+{
+        vmove usr/lib usr
+}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/Ice/patches/ptrdiff_t-error.patch b/srcpkgs/Ice/patches/ptrdiff_t-error.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b70ae8abab7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/Ice/patches/ptrdiff_t-error.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- include/Ice/Buffer.h.old	2011-10-31 19:16:44.474763681 -0600
++++ include/Ice/Buffer.h	2011-10-31 19:17:37.594762402 -0600
+@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
+ #ifndef ICEE_BUFFER_H
+ #define ICEE_BUFFER_H
+ 
++#include <cstddef>
+ #include <Ice/Config.h>
+ 
+ namespace IceInternal
+
diff --git a/srcpkgs/Ice/template b/srcpkgs/Ice/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..312b0e1e0a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/Ice/template
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+# Template file for 'Ice'
+pkgname=Ice
+version=3.4.2
+homepage="http://www.zeroc.com"
+distfiles="${homepage}/download/Ice/3.4/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
+short_desc="The Internet Communications Engine (Ice)"
+maintainer="davehome <davehome@redthumb.info.tm>"
+license="GPL, ICE"
+checksum=dcf0484495b6df0849ec90a00e8204fe5fe1c0d3882bb438bf2c1d062f15c979
+long_desc="
+ The Internet Communications Engine (Ice) is a modern object-oriented toolkit
+ that enables you to build distributed applications with minimal effort. Ice
+ allows you to focus your efforts on your application logic, and it takes care
+ of all interactions with low-level network programming interfaces. With Ice,
+ there is no need to worry about details such as opening network connections,
+ serializing and deserializing data for network transmission, or retrying
+ failed connection attempts (to name but a few of dozens of such low-level
+ details)."
+
+subpackages="lib$pkgname $pkgname-devel"
+
+wrksrc=${pkgname}-${version}/cpp
+
+# XXX: other language bindings
+Add_dependency run glibc
+Add_dependency run libIce
+Add_dependency run libstdc++
+Add_dependency run libgcc
+Add_dependency run libssl
+Add_dependency run libdb
+
+Add_dependency build libstdc++-devel
+Add_dependency build openssl-devel
+Add_dependency build bzip2-devel
+Add_dependency build mcpp-devel
+Add_dependency build db-devel
+Add_dependency build expat-devel
+
+do_configure()
+{
+	sed -i -e "s|^#OPTIMIZE|OPTIMIZE|" config/Make.rules
+	sed -i -e "s|x)/config|x)/lib/Ice/config|" config/Make.rules
+	sed -i -e "s|test demo||" Makefile
+}
+
+do_build()
+{
+	make ${makejobs}
+}
+
+do_install()
+{
+	make ${makejobs} prefix=${DESTDIR}/usr install
+	rm ${DESTDIR}/usr/LICENSE
+	vmkdir usr/share/licenses
+	mv ${DESTDIR}/usr/ICE_LICENSE ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/licenses
+}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libIce b/srcpkgs/libIce
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..afa20b55e8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libIce
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Ice
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/xbps-src/common/mapping_shlib_binpkg.txt b/xbps-src/common/mapping_shlib_binpkg.txt
index 72bc374a749..10aee975d63 100644
--- a/xbps-src/common/mapping_shlib_binpkg.txt
+++ b/xbps-src/common/mapping_shlib_binpkg.txt
@@ -941,3 +941,16 @@ libprotoc.so.7			protobuf		protobuf-devel
 libprotobuf.so.7		protobuf		protobuf-devel
 libprotobuf-lite.so.7		protobuf-lite		protobuf-devel
 libmcpp.so.0			libmcpp			mcpp-devel
+libIce.so.34			libIce			Ice-devel
+libIceUtil.so.34		libIce			Ice-devel
+libIceStorm.so.34		libIce			Ice-devel
+libIceGrid.so.34		libIce			Ice-devel
+libGlacier2.so.34		libIce			Ice-devel
+libIceDB.so.34			libIce			Ice-devel
+libIceBox.so.34			libIce			Ice-devel
+libFreeze.so.34			libIce			Ice-devel
+libIceStormService.so.34	libIce			Ice-devel
+libSlice.so.34			libIce			Ice-devel
+libIceSSL.so.34			libIce			Ice-devel
+libIcePatch2.so.34		libIce			Ice-devel
+libIceXML.so.34			libIce			Ice-devel