diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index ceb355ffac6..af99a93f4b2 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -554,8 +554,8 @@ libicudata.so.67 icu-libs-67.1_1
 libicutu.so.67 icu-libs-67.1_1
 libicuuc.so.67 icu-libs-67.1_1
 libicutest.so.67 icu-libs-67.1_1
-libaspell.so.15 aspell-0.60_1
-libpspell.so.15 aspell-0.60_1
+libaspell.so.15 libaspell-0.60.8_2
+libpspell.so.15 libaspell-0.60.8_2
 libenchant.so.1 enchant-1.4.2_1
 libenchant-2.so.2 enchant2-2.2.3_1
 libgconf-2.so.4 GConf-2.32.0_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/aspell/template b/srcpkgs/aspell/template
index b3ccbeeaef8..414e0adedfd 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/aspell/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/aspell/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'aspell'
 pkgname=aspell
 version=0.60.8
-revision=1
+revision=2
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--enable-compile-in-filters"
 hostmakedepends="automake libtool gettext-devel perl"
@@ -22,6 +22,14 @@ pre_configure() {
 	autoreconf -fi
 }
 
+libaspell_package() {
+	short_desc+=" - library"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.so.*"
+		vmove "usr/lib/aspell-*"
+	}
+}
+
 aspell-devel_package() {
 	depends="ncurses-devel libstdc++-devel aspell>=${version}_${revision}"
 	short_desc+=" - development files"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libaspell b/srcpkgs/libaspell
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..2954cad5043
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libaspell
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+aspell
\ No newline at end of file