diff --git a/templates/lcms-devel b/templates/lcms-devel
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..28265577532
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/lcms-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+lcms
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/templates/lcms/depends b/templates/lcms/depends
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..496fbe6576d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/lcms/depends
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+abi_depends=1.18
+api_depends=${abi_depends}
diff --git a/templates/lcms/devel.template b/templates/lcms/devel.template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..73bcce85103
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/lcms/devel.template
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# Template file for 'lcms-devel'.
+#
+short_desc="${sourcepkg} (development files)"
+long_desc="${long_desc}
+
+ This package contains files for development, headers, static libs, etc."
+
+Add_dependency run lcms
+
+do_install()
+{
+	mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib
+	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/include ${DESTDIR}/usr
+	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/lib/lib*.*a ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib
+	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/lib/lib*.so ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib
+	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/lib/pkgconfig ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib
+}
diff --git a/templates/lcms/template b/templates/lcms/template
index 2328ac769a7..d45d904616a 100644
--- a/templates/lcms/template
+++ b/templates/lcms/template
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 # Template build file for 'lcms'.
 pkgname=lcms
-version=1.17
+sourcepkg=$pkgname
+version=1.18a
+wrksrc=${pkgname}-${version%[a-z]*}
 distfiles="http://www.littlecms.com/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
 build_style=gnu_configure
-pkgconfig_override="lcms.pc"
 short_desc="Light Color Management System -- a color management library"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
-checksum=1ad67295b53a82e4813294cbcdfccf8a5bdb1bbd
+checksum=fe679a33e7074b62e38c458ac2bbf06d688ae47171886a5a611cbf8ec4d88ddf
 long_desc="
  LCMS is the Little Color Management System, a Color Matching Method
  (CMM) library which implements fast transforms between ICC profiles.
@@ -15,3 +16,9 @@ long_desc="
  Color management refers to techniques that ensure consistent color
  as images are transferred from scanners or cameras to monitors and
  printers."
+
+subpackages="devel"
+Add_dependency full glibc
+Add_dependency full zlib
+Add_dependency full jpeg
+Add_dependency full tiff