diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index c545de84450..eb0cd5e3744 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -2030,3 +2030,4 @@ libavc1394.so.0 libavc1394-0.5.4_1
 libiec61883.so.0 libiec61883-1.2.0_1
 libffado.so.2 libffado-2.2.1_1
 libossp-uuid.so.16 libossp-1.6.2_1
+libplayerctl-1.0.so.0 playerctl-0.4.2_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/playerctl-devel b/srcpkgs/playerctl-devel
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..9deb4855064
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/playerctl-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+playerctl
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/playerctl/template b/srcpkgs/playerctl/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ac53fbf60c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/playerctl/template
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+# Template file for 'playerctl'
+pkgname=playerctl
+version=0.4.2
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-configure
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config libtool"
+makedepends="glib-devel gobject-introspection"
+short_desc="MPRIS command-line controller and library"
+maintainer="Duncaen <duncaen@voidlinux.eu>"
+license="LGPL-3"
+homepage="https://github.com/acrisci/playerctl"
+distfiles="https://github.com/acrisci/playerctl/releases/download/v${version}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=4e6d05f0b1a5bd781cef69e3b08db2f965914dc52a934d099887113fcd5e7959
+
+do_build() {
+	: ${make_cmd:=make}
+	${make_cmd} -j 1 ${make_build_args} ${make_build_target}
+}
+
+playerctl-devel_package() {
+	depends="playerctl>=${version}_${revision}"
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/include
+		vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
+		vmove usr/share/gir-1.0
+		vmove usr/share/gtk-doc
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.a"
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.so"
+	}
+}