diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index c33fd089d9c..ad4ae18bba4 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -1719,3 +1719,5 @@ libmate-desktop-2.so.17 mate-desktop-1.8.0_1
 libmarco-private.so.0 libmarco-1.8.0_1
 libmate-menu.so.2 mate-menus-1.8.0_1
 libcaja-extension.so.1 libcaja-1.8.1_1
+libmatekbd.so.4 libmatekbd-1.8.0_1
+libmatekbdui.so.4 libmatekbd-1.8.0_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libmatekbd-devel b/srcpkgs/libmatekbd-devel
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..4e031237b88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libmatekbd-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+libmatekbd
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libmatekbd/template b/srcpkgs/libmatekbd/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4b60ea6b688
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libmatekbd/template
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# Template file for 'libmatekbd'
+pkgname=libmatekbd
+version=1.8.0
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-configure
+configure_args="--with-gtk=2.0 --disable-static"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config intltool itstool"
+makedepends="gtk+-devel libxklavier-devel iso-codes"
+depends="dconf iso-codes"
+short_desc="MATE keyboard library"
+maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
+license="LGPL-3"
+homepage="http://mate-desktop.org"
+distfiles="http://pub.mate-desktop.org/releases/1.8/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
+checksum=b0e4b0e5388057a26e0ccd960b6f95281519805a4b46ac9a97ccc2ab62706f8d
+
+libmatekbd-devel_package() {
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
+	depends="${makedepends} ${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/include
+		vmove usr/lib/*.so
+		vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
+	}
+}