diff --git a/srcpkgs/boswars-data b/srcpkgs/boswars-data
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..98791f5029c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/boswars-data
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+boswars
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/boswars/template b/srcpkgs/boswars/template
index d71f2a4d868..3382f85d156 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/boswars/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/boswars/template
@@ -1,18 +1,30 @@
 # Template file for 'boswars'
 pkgname=boswars
 version=2.7
-revision=4
+revision=5
 wrksrc="${pkgname}-${version}-src"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config libpng-progs python"
-makedepends="lua51-devel libtheora-devel libogg-devel libpng-devel
- libvorbis-devel MesaLib-devel SDL-devel glu-devel"
+makedepends="SDL-devel libpng-devel libtheora-devel libvorbis-devel lua51-devel"
+depends="${pkgname}-data"
 short_desc="A futuristic real-time strategy game (RTS)"
 maintainer="Diogo Leal <diogo@diogoleal.com>"
-license="GPL-2"
+license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
 homepage="http://boswars.org"
-distfiles="http://www.boswars.org/dist/releases/boswars-${version}-src.tar.gz"
+distfiles="${homepage}/dist/releases/boswars-${version}-src.tar.gz"
 checksum=dc3718f531e9ea413cf37e1333b62a4c5e69f1405502d9c59b9e424635135e3e
 
+post_extract() {
+	#png bugfix for version 2.7, https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?39610
+
+	for i in $(find . -iname '*.png'); do
+		pngfix -q ${i} || {
+			echo "Fixing ${i}"
+			pngfix -q --out=${i/.png/_fixed.png} ${i} || : #ignore exit code
+			pngfix -q ${i/.png/_fixed.png} && mv ${i/.png/_fixed.png} ${i};
+		}
+	done
+}
+
 do_build() {
 	# Patch make.py to respect our $CXXFLAGS and $LDFLAGS
 	sed -i make.py \
@@ -41,15 +53,19 @@ do_install() {
 	vinstall ${FILESDIR}/boswars.png 644 usr/share/pixmaps/
 }
 
-post_extract() {
-	#png bugfix for version 2.7, https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?39610
-
-	for i in $(find . -iname '*.png'); do
-		pngfix -q ${i} || {
-			echo "Fixing ${i}"
-			pngfix -q --out=${i/.png/_fixed.png} ${i} || : #ignore exit code
-			pngfix -q ${i/.png/_fixed.png} && mv ${i/.png/_fixed.png} ${i};
-		}
-	done
+boswars-data_package() {
+	short_desc+=" - data files"
+	noarch=yes
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/share/boswars/campaigns
+		vmove usr/share/boswars/doc
+		vmove usr/share/boswars/graphics
+		vmove usr/share/boswars/intro
+		vmove usr/share/boswars/languages
+		vmove usr/share/boswars/maps
+		vmove usr/share/boswars/patches
+		vmove usr/share/boswars/scripts
+		vmove usr/share/boswars/sounds
+		vmove usr/share/boswars/units
+	}
 }
-