diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index 3a5689c99f4..e35d27e056a 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -3084,3 +3084,4 @@ libarcan_shmif.so.0.11 arcan-0.5.4.3_1
 libarcan_shmif_ext.so.0.11 arcan-0.5.4.3_1
 libarcan_shmif_server.so.0.11 arcan-0.5.4.3_1
 libarcan_tui.so.0.11 arcan-0.5.4.3_1
+libscrypt.so.0 libscrypt-devel-1.21_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libscrypt-devel b/srcpkgs/libscrypt-devel
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..55188a7ce73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libscrypt-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+libscrypt
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libscrypt/patches/makefile.patch b/srcpkgs/libscrypt/patches/makefile.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..759ac275c40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libscrypt/patches/makefile.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+--- Makefile.orig
++++ Makefile
+@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
+ 
+ CC?=gcc
+ CFLAGS?=-O2 -Wall -g -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fstack-protector -fPIC
+-LDFLAGS?=-Wl,-z,now -Wl,-z,relro -Wl,-soname,libscrypt.so.0 -Wl,--version-script=libscrypt.version
++MYLDFLAGS?=-Wl,-z,now -Wl,-z,relro -Wl,-soname,libscrypt.so.0 -Wl,--version-script=libscrypt.version
+ CFLAGS_EXTRA?=-Wl,-rpath=.
+ 
+ all: reference
+@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
+ OBJS= crypto_scrypt-nosse.o sha256.o crypto-mcf.o b64.o crypto-scrypt-saltgen.o crypto_scrypt-check.o crypto_scrypt-hash.o slowequals.o
+ 
+ libscrypt.so.0: $(OBJS) 
+-	$(CC)  $(LDFLAGS) -shared -o libscrypt.so.0  $(OBJS) -lm -lc
++	$(CC) $(MYLDFLAGS) -shared -o libscrypt.so.0  $(OBJS) -lm -lc $(LDFLAGS)
+ 	ar rcs libscrypt.a  $(OBJS)
+ 
+ reference: libscrypt.so.0 main.o crypto_scrypt-hexconvert.o
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libscrypt/template b/srcpkgs/libscrypt/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7040149949e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libscrypt/template
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# Template file for 'libscrypt'
+pkgname=libscrypt
+version=1.21
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-makefile
+short_desc="Library that implements scrypt() functionality"
+maintainer="Leah Neukirchen <leah@vuxu.org>"
+license="2-clause-BSD"
+homepage="https://github.com/technion/"
+distfiles="https://github.com/technion/${pkgname}/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=68e377e79745c10d489b759b970e52d819dbb80dd8ca61f8c975185df3f457d3
+
+libscrypt-devel_package() {
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
+	depends="${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/include
+		vmove usr/lib/*.so
+	}
+}