diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index 3c9f7ef2e80..6cec666b589 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -2799,3 +2799,4 @@ libceph_zlib.so.2 ceph-11.2.0_1
 libnss_ldap.so.2 nss-pam-ldapd-0.9.7_4
 libunshield.so.0 libunshield-0.6_1
 libMyGUIEngine.so.3 libmygui-3.2.2_1
+libproj.so.12 proj-4.9.3_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/proj-devel b/srcpkgs/proj-devel
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..1832a40bf20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/proj-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+proj
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/proj/template b/srcpkgs/proj/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..04bd39745d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/proj/template
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Template file for 'proj'
+pkgname=proj
+version=4.9.3
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-configure
+short_desc="Cartographic Projections Library"
+maintainer="John <johnz@posteo.net>"
+license="MIT"
+homepage="http://proj4.org"
+distfiles="http://download.osgeo.org/proj/proj-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=6984542fea333488de5c82eea58d699e4aff4b359200a9971537cd7e047185f7
+
+post_install() {
+	vlicense COPYING
+}
+
+proj-devel_package() {
+	depends="${sourcepkg}-${version}_${revision}"
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/include
+		vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.a"
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.so"
+	}
+}