diff --git a/srcpkgs/gnome-menus-devel b/srcpkgs/gnome-menus-devel
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..6e01dd5b31d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/gnome-menus-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+gnome-menus
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/gnome-menus/depends b/srcpkgs/gnome-menus/depends
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..071d27b792a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/gnome-menus/depends
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+abi_depends=">=2.30.0"
+api_depends="${abi_depends}"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/gnome-menus/gnome-menus-devel.template b/srcpkgs/gnome-menus/gnome-menus-devel.template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1cea03930c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/gnome-menus/gnome-menus-devel.template
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# Template file for 'gnome-menus-devel'.
+#
+short_desc="${sourcepkg} (development files)"
+long_desc="${long_desc}
+
+ This package contains files for development, headers, static libs, etc."
+
+do_install()
+{
+	mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib
+	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/include ${DESTDIR}/usr
+	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/lib/lib*.{a,so} ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib
+	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/lib/pkgconfig ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib
+}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/gnome-menus/template b/srcpkgs/gnome-menus/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1c019933066
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/gnome-menus/template
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+# Template file for 'gnome-menus'
+pkgname=gnome-menus
+version=2.30.0
+distfiles="${GNOME_SITE}/$pkgname/2.30/$pkgname-$version.tar.bz2"
+build_style=gnu_configure
+configure_args="--localstatedir=/var"
+short_desc="GNOME menu specifications"
+maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
+checksum=6c390f88914712e1de425b9a2579f34b0cf27917521e9eb363b0c7cf120fe976
+long_desc="
+ gnome-menus provides the following components:
+
+  * The GNOME menus manager.
+  * The GNOME menus manager configuration program and several other
+    menus management related utilities.
+  * The GNOME menus manager proxy, which handles basic menus
+    management for applications that do not support XSM."
+
+subpackages="$pkgname-devel"
+
+Add_dependency run glibc
+Add_dependency run glib
+Add_dependency run python
+Add_dependency run pygtk
+Add_dependency build pkg-config
+Add_dependency build intltool
+Add_dependency build gobject-introspection-devel
+Add_dependency build glib-devel
+Add_dependency build python-devel
+Add_dependency build pygtk-devel
diff --git a/xbps-src/common/mapping_shlib_binpkg.txt b/xbps-src/common/mapping_shlib_binpkg.txt
index 86cf92c60b6..f04b753d74d 100644
--- a/xbps-src/common/mapping_shlib_binpkg.txt
+++ b/xbps-src/common/mapping_shlib_binpkg.txt
@@ -531,3 +531,4 @@ libORBit-2.so			ORBit2			ORBit2-devel
 libgnomevfs-2.so		gnome-vfs		gnome-vfs-devel
 libgnome-2.so			libgnome		libgnome-devel
 libgnome-media-profiles.so	gnome-media		gnome-media-devel
+libgnome-menu.so		gnome-menus		gnome-menus-devel