diff --git a/srcpkgs/protobuf-devel b/srcpkgs/protobuf-devel
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..779a5a300bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/protobuf-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+protobuf
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/protobuf-lite b/srcpkgs/protobuf-lite
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..779a5a300bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/protobuf-lite
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+protobuf
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/protobuf/protobuf-devel.template b/srcpkgs/protobuf/protobuf-devel.template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7070f807ccd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/protobuf/protobuf-devel.template
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# Template file for 'protobuf-devel'.
+#
+short_desc="${short_desc} - development files"
+long_desc="${long_desc}
+
+ This package contains files for development, headers, static libs, etc."
+
+Add_dependency run protobuf
+Add_dependency run protobuf-lite
+Add_dependency run zlib--devel
+
+do_install()
+{
+	vmkdir usr/include
+	vmkdir usr/lib
+	vmove usr/include usr
+	vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig usr/lib
+	vmove "usr/lib/*.a" usr/lib
+}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/protobuf/protobuf-lite.template b/srcpkgs/protobuf/protobuf-lite.template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a72b9f8adc4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/protobuf/protobuf-lite.template
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# Template file for 'protobuf-lite'.
+#
+short_desc="${short_desc} - Lite version"
+long_desc="${long_desc}
+
+ This package contains the Lite version."
+
+Add_dependency run glibc
+Add_dependency run libstdc++
+Add_dependency run libgcc
+Add_dependency run zlib
+
+do_install()
+{
+	vmkdir usr/lib
+	vmove "usr/lib/libprotobuf-lite.so*" usr/lib
+}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/protobuf/template b/srcpkgs/protobuf/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..86be8dbb8b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/protobuf/template
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# Template file for 'protobuf'
+pkgname=protobuf
+version=2.4.1
+distfiles="http://${pkgname}.googlecode.com/files/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.bz2"
+build_style=gnu-configure
+homepage="http://code.google.com/p/${pkgname}/"
+license="Apache-style"
+short_desc="Google's data interchange format"
+maintainer="davehome <davehome@redthumb.info.tm>"
+checksum=cf8452347330834bbf9c65c2e68b5562ba10c95fa40d4f7ec0d2cb332674b0bf
+long_desc="
+ Protocol Buffers are a way of encoding structured data in an efficient yet
+ extensible format. Google uses Protocol Buffers for almost all of its
+ internal RPC protocols and file formats."
+
+subpackages="$pkgname-devel $pkgname-lite"
+
+Add_dependency run glibc
+Add_dependency run libstdc++
+Add_dependency run libgcc
+Add_dependency run zlib
+
+Add_dependency build libstdc++-devel
+Add_dependency build zlib-devel
+Add_dependency build pkg-config
diff --git a/xbps-src/common/mapping_shlib_binpkg.txt b/xbps-src/common/mapping_shlib_binpkg.txt
index e49c49982b7..8da6019cf27 100644
--- a/xbps-src/common/mapping_shlib_binpkg.txt
+++ b/xbps-src/common/mapping_shlib_binpkg.txt
@@ -937,3 +937,6 @@ liblilv-0.so.0			liblilv			lilv-devel
 libsuil-0.so.0			suil			suil-devel
 libportaudio.so.2		portaudio		portaudio-devel
 libportaudiocpp.so.0		portaudiocpp		portaudiocpp-devel
+libprotoc.so.7			protobuf		protobuf-devel
+libprotobuf.so.7		protobuf		protobuf-devel
+libprotobuf-lite.so.7		protobuf-lite		protobuf-devel