diff --git a/templates/jasper-devel b/templates/jasper-devel
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..97d3aa96c9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/jasper-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+jasper
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/templates/jasper/depends b/templates/jasper/depends
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0aab3797533
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/jasper/depends
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+abi_depends=1.900.1
+api_depends=${abi_depends}
diff --git a/templates/jasper/devel.template b/templates/jasper/devel.template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..838167155b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/jasper/devel.template
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# Template file for 'jasper-devel'.
+#
+short_desc="${sourcepkg} (development files)"
+long_desc="${long_desc}
+
+ This package contains files for development, headers, static libs, etc."
+
+Add_dependency run jasper
+
+do_install()
+{
+	mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib
+	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/include ${DESTDIR}/usr
+	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/lib/lib*.*a ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib
+	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/lib/lib*.so ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib
+}
diff --git a/templates/jasper/template b/templates/jasper/template
index 16abfb8521d..d6ec5829260 100644
--- a/templates/jasper/template
+++ b/templates/jasper/template
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # Template build file for 'jasper'.
 pkgname=jasper
+sourcepkg=$pkgname
 version=1.900.1
 distfiles="http://www.ece.uvic.ca/~mdadams/jasper/software/$pkgname-$version.zip"
 build_style=gnu_configure
@@ -8,12 +9,14 @@ short_desc="Software-based reference implementation of the JPEG-2000 codec"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 checksum=6b905a9c2aca2e275544212666eefc4eb44d95d0a57e4305457b407fe63f9494
 long_desc="
-  The JasPer Project is a collaborative effort between Image Power, Inc.
+ The JasPer Project is a collaborative effort between Image Power, Inc.
  and the University of British Columbia. The objective of this project is
  to develop a software-based reference implementation of the codec
  specified in the JPEG-2000 Part-1 standard (i.e., ISO/IEC 15444-1).This
  software has also been submitted to the ISO for inclusion in the JPEG-2000
  Part-5 standard (as an official reference implementation)."
 
-build_depends="unzip-5.52"
-run_depends="glibc-2.8"
+subpackages="devel"
+Add_dependency build unzip
+Add_dependency full glibc
+Add_dependency full jpeg