diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index 951336217bd..7baca608c4d 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -1397,3 +1397,4 @@ libphorward.so.0 libphorward-0.17_1
 libusbip.so.0 libusbip-3.10_1
 libcpupower.so.0 libcpupower-3.10_1
 librsync.so.1 librsync-0.9.7_1
+libserf.so.3 serf-1.3.1_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/serf-devel b/srcpkgs/serf-devel
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..01cd845a42a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/serf-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+serf
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/serf/template b/srcpkgs/serf/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..67c187ce52a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/serf/template
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+# Template file for 'serf'
+pkgname=serf
+version=1.3.1
+revision=1
+hostmakedepends="scons>=2.3.0"
+makedepends="apr-util-devel"
+short_desc="High-performance asynchronous HTTP client library"
+maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
+license="Apache-2.0"
+homepage="http://code.google.com/p/serf/"
+distfiles="http://serf.googlecode.com/files/serf-${version}.tar.bz2"
+checksum=fc785d0df9c0f4debadae19a3549542d173ca62a1f3f36668b3b1251209f5d9a
+
+do_build() {
+	scons PREFIX=/usr
+}
+
+do_install() {
+	vmkdir usr
+	scons PREFIX=${DESTDIR}/usr install
+}
+
+serf-devel_package() {
+	depends="apr-util-devel serf-${version}_${revision}"
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/include
+		vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.so"
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.a"
+	}
+}
+
+serf_package() {
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr
+	}
+}