diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index d68c7719c84..929988a99bc 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ libkrb5support.so.0 mit-krb5-libs-1.8_1
 libverto.so.0 mit-krb5-libs-1.8_1
 libverto-k5ev.so.0 mit-krb5-libs-1.8_1
 libmenu-cache.so.1 menu-cache-0.2.6_1
-libupower-glib.so.2 upower-0.99.0_1
+libupower-glib.so.2 libupower-glib2-0.99.0_2
 libcanberra.so.0 libcanberra-0.23_1
 libcanberra-gtk.so.0 libcanberra-0.23_1
 libcanberra-gtk3.so.0 libcanberra-0.23_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libupower-glib2 b/srcpkgs/libupower-glib2
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..9df007da7f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libupower-glib2
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+upower
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/upower/template b/srcpkgs/upower/template
index c414fc79d6e..44716ec1f65 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/upower/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/upower/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'upower'
 pkgname=upower
 version=0.99.0
-revision=1
+revision=2
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--disable-static --with-backend=linux
 --without-idevice --with-systemdutildir=/usr/lib/systemd
@@ -31,8 +31,16 @@ else
 	configure_args+=" --disable-introspection"
 fi
 
+libupower-glib2_package() {
+	replaces="upower<0.99.0_2"
+	short_desc+=" - runtime library"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/lib/*.so.*
+	}
+}
+
 upower-devel_package() {
-	depends="dbus-glib-devel upower>=${version}_${revision}"
+	depends="dbus-glib-devel libupower-glib2>=${version}_${revision}"
 	short_desc+=" - development files"
 	pkg_install() {
 		vmove usr/include