diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index a3fe328a7dc..23ee96a7f70 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -1847,3 +1847,4 @@ libpolkit-qt5-gui-1.so.1 polkit-qt5-0.112.0_1
 libpolkit-qt5-core-1.so.1 polkit-qt5-0.112.0_1
 libfm-qt5.so.1 libfm-qt5-0.8.0_1
 libqtermwidget5.so.0 qtermwidget-0.6.0_1
+libnpth.so.0 npth-1.1_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/npth-devel b/srcpkgs/npth-devel
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..f59fb54ffe8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/npth-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+npth
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/npth/template b/srcpkgs/npth/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2c271a43f16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/npth/template
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# Template file for 'npth'
+pkgname=npth
+version=1.1
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-configure
+short_desc="New portable threads library"
+maintainer="Christian Neukirchen <chneukirchen@gmail.com>"
+license="GPL-2,LGPL-3"
+homepage="http://git.gnupg.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=npth.git"
+distfiles="ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/${pkgname}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.bz2"
+checksum=896c561eb2ec8da35f11828fb04a3fbff12d41ff657c799056d7dc4a66e5df7f
+
+npth-devel_package() {
+	depends="${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
+	short_desc+=" -- development files"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/include
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.so"
+		vmove usr/share
+		vmove usr/bin/npth-config
+	}
+}