diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index b9c4c3afa06..66d0045a289 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -2557,6 +2557,7 @@ libndpi.so.3 ndpi-3.4_1
 libKF5WidgetsAddons.so.5 kwidgetsaddons-5.26.0_1
 libsearpc.so.1 libsearpc-3.0.7_1
 libseafile.so.0 seafile-libclient-7.0.10_2
+libpodofo.so.0.9.7 libpodofo0.9.7-0.9.7_1
 libpodofo.so.2 libpodofo-0.10.3_1
 libIrcUtil.so.3 libcommuni-3.4.0_1
 libIrcCore.so.3 libcommuni-3.4.0_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libpodofo0.9.7-devel b/srcpkgs/libpodofo0.9.7-devel
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..4e2b28da11e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libpodofo0.9.7-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+libpodofo0.9.7
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libpodofo0.9.7/template b/srcpkgs/libpodofo0.9.7/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c49e8ebd750
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libpodofo0.9.7/template
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Template file for 'libpodofo0.9.7'
+pkgname=libpodofo0.9.7
+version=0.9.7
+revision=1
+build_style=cmake
+configure_args="-DPODOFO_BUILD_SHARED=TRUE -DPODOFO_BUILD_LIB_ONLY=TRUE"
+makedepends="fontconfig-devel libidn-devel openssl-devel lua53-devel tiff-devel"
+short_desc="Library to work with the PDF file format"
+maintainer="Andrea Brancaleoni <abc@pompel.me>"
+license="LGPL-2.1-or-later"
+homepage="https://github.com/podofo/podofo"
+distfiles="https://github.com/podofo/podofo/archive/refs/tags/${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=42d7eaa3c8ffabf001121447830343c4362e562d0f12192b033a393f334a64a6
+disable_parallel_build=yes
+replaces="libpodofo<=${version}_999"
+provides="libpodofo-${version}_${revision}"
+
+libpodofo0.9.7-devel_package() {
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
+	depends="${sourcepkg}-${version}_${revision}"
+	conflicts="libpodofo-devel>=0"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/include
+		vmove usr/lib/*.so
+	}
+}