diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index b94adf506b9..9cc6ceaac93 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -2412,3 +2412,4 @@ libcmark.so.0 cmark-0.24.1_1
 libspotify.so.12 libspotify-12.1.51_1
 libwiredtiger-2.8.0.so wiredtiger-2.8.0_1
 libvidstab.so.0.9 libvidstab-0.98b_1
+libxdo.so.3 xdotool-3.20150503.1_1 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/xdotool-devel b/srcpkgs/xdotool-devel
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..410336c160a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/xdotool-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+xdotool
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/xdotool/template b/srcpkgs/xdotool/template
index ec1faa41248..cb5d5adad0a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/xdotool/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/xdotool/template
@@ -1,16 +1,28 @@
 # Template file for 'xdotool'
 pkgname=xdotool
 version=3.20150503.1
-revision=1
+revision=2
 build_style=gnu-makefile
 hostmakedepends="perl pkg-config"
 makedepends="libXtst-devel libXinerama-devel libxkbcommon-devel"
-make_build_target="all static"
+make_build_target="all"
 make_install_args="INSTALLMAN=$DESTDIR/usr/share/man"
-make_install_target="install-static installman"
 short_desc="Command-line X11 automation tool"
 maintainer="Christian Neukirchen <chneukirchen@gmail.com>"
 license="BSD"
 homepage="https://github.com/jordansissel/xdotool"
 distfiles="https://github.com/jordansissel/${pkgname}/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=b097ef0e3897d1a24e3f45f0faed58329742d3d9434b9b46eb97eb1040f999bf
+
+xdotool-devel_package() {
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
+	depends="${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/include
+		vmove usr/lib/*.so
+	}
+}
+
+post_install() {
+	vlicense COPYRIGHT
+}