diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index 2c17270473c..f48399d8ca2 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -1701,3 +1701,4 @@ libfcgi.so.0 fcgi-2.4.0_2
 libdshconfig.so.1 libdshconfig-0.20.13_1
 libpar2.so.1 libpar2-0.4_1
 libsodium.so.13 libsodium-0.7.0_1
+libstrophe.so.0 libstrophe-0.8.6_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libstrophe-devel b/srcpkgs/libstrophe-devel
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..b78c17ce6c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libstrophe-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+libstrophe
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libstrophe/template b/srcpkgs/libstrophe/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d219e641c48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libstrophe/template
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# Template file for 'libstrophe'
+pkgname=libstrophe
+version=0.8.6
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-configure
+hostmakedepends="automake libtool pkg-config git"
+makedepends="expat-devel zlib-devel libressl-devel"
+short_desc="A minimal XMPP library written in C"
+maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
+license="GPL-3"
+homepage="http://strophe.im/libstrophe/"
+
+do_fetch() {
+	git clone git://github.com/strophe/libstrophe ${pkgname}-${version}
+}
+pre_configure() {
+	NOCONFIGURE=1 ./bootstrap.sh
+}
+
+libstrophe-devel_package() {
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
+	depends="${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/include
+		vmove usr/lib/*.a
+		vmove usr/lib/*.so
+	}
+}