diff --git a/srcpkgs/glibmm-devel b/srcpkgs/glibmm-devel
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..d5491e56bc0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/glibmm-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+glibmm
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/glibmm/depends b/srcpkgs/glibmm/depends
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a0d98e3a7e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/glibmm/depends
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+abi_depends=">=2.24.0"
+api_depends="${abi_depends}"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/glibmm/glibmm-devel.template b/srcpkgs/glibmm/glibmm-devel.template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..515560230f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/glibmm/glibmm-devel.template
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# Template file for 'glibmm-devel'.
+#
+short_desc="${short_desc} (development files)"
+long_desc="${long_desc}
+
+ This package contains files for development, headers, static libs, etc."
+
+Add_dependency run pkg-config
+Add_dependency run glib-devel
+Add_dependency run libsigc++-devel
+Add_dependency run glibmm
+
+do_install()
+{
+	mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib
+
+	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/{include,share} ${DESTDIR}/usr
+	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/lib/*.so ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib
+	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/lib/{giomm-2.4,glibmm-2.4,pkgconfig} \
+		${DESTDIR}/usr/lib
+}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/glibmm/template b/srcpkgs/glibmm/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..aeedf5ea9e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/glibmm/template
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# Template build file for 'glibmm'
+pkgname=glibmm
+version=2.24.0
+distfiles="${GNOME_SITE}/glibmm/2.24/glibmm-$version.tar.bz2"
+build_style=gnu_configure
+short_desc="C++ bindings for GLib"
+maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
+checksum=ff93ec4e3c9c54d91e5ecc1b5dde0acceeeeb0e03d6031db8587b27a2f83743f
+long_desc="
+ glibmm (previously known as GLib--) is the official C++ interface for the
+ popular GUI library GTK+. Highlights include typesafe callbacks, widgets
+ extensible via inheritance and a comprehensive set of widget classes that
+ can be freely combined to quickly create complex user interfaces."
+
+subpackages="glibmm-devel"
+Add_dependency run libgcc
+Add_dependency run glibc
+Add_dependency run libstdc++
+Add_dependency run glib
+Add_dependency run libsigc++
+
+Add_dependency build gettext
+Add_dependency build pkg-config
+Add_dependency build doxygen
+Add_dependency build libxslt
+Add_dependency build docbook-xsl
+Add_dependency build glib-devel
+Add_dependency build libsigc++-devel
diff --git a/xbps-src/common/mapping_shlib_binpkg.txt b/xbps-src/common/mapping_shlib_binpkg.txt
index ffd7c000563..1fbf9fe2218 100644
--- a/xbps-src/common/mapping_shlib_binpkg.txt
+++ b/xbps-src/common/mapping_shlib_binpkg.txt
@@ -603,3 +603,6 @@ libgdict-1.0.so			gnome-utils		gnome-utils-devel
 libgnomeui-2.so.0		libgnomeui		libgnomeui-devel
 libmpc.so			mpc			mpc-devel
 libsigc-2.0.so			libsigc++		libsigc++-devel
+libglibmm-2.4.so		glibmm			glibmm-devel
+libgiomm-2.4.so			glibmm			glibmm-devel
+libglibmm_generate_extra_defs-2.4.so	glibmm		glibmm-devel