diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index 2bcb3f9afbf..34c31af48c9 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -1781,3 +1781,4 @@ liblpsolve55.so lpsolve-5.5.2.0_1
 liblangtag.so.1 liblangtag-0.5.4_1
 liblangtag-gobject.so.0 liblangtag-0.5.4_1
 libexttextcat-2.0.so.0 libexttextcat-3.4.3_1
+libledger.so.3 libledger-3.1_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/ledger/template b/srcpkgs/ledger/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bb6f85f3376
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/ledger/template
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+# Template file for 'ledger'
+pkgname=ledger
+version=3.1
+revision=1
+build_style=cmake
+maintainer="Dominik Honnef <dominik@honnef.co>"
+hostmakedepends="cmake git"
+makedepends="boost-devel gmp-devel mpfr-devel gettext-devel libedit-devel"
+license="BSD"
+homepage="http://www.ledger-cli.org/"
+short_desc="A powerful, double-entry accounting system that is accessed from the UNIX command-line"
+distfiles="https://github.com/ledger/${pkgname}/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=eeb5d260729834923fc94822bcc54ca3080c434f81466a3f5dc4274b357ce694
+
+pre_configure() {
+	git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/ledger/utfcpp.git lib/utfcpp
+}
+
+post_install() {
+	rm -Rf ${DESTDIR}/usr/local
+	if [ -e ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib64 ]; then
+		mv ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib64 ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib
+	fi
+
+	mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/emacs/
+	mv lisp ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp
+	rm -f ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/CMakeLists.txt
+}
+
+libledger_package() {
+	short_desc+=" - library files"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/lib/*.so.*
+	}
+}
+
+libledger-devel_package() {
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
+	depends="libledger>=${version}_${revision} ${makedepends}"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/lib/*.so
+		vmove usr/include
+	}
+}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libledger b/srcpkgs/libledger
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..a7378b691e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libledger
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ledger
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libledger-devel b/srcpkgs/libledger-devel
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..a7378b691e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libledger-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ledger
\ No newline at end of file