diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index b41e2516174..d6f6a725304 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -440,6 +440,7 @@ libparted.so.2 libparted-3.1_1
 libparted-fs-resize.so.0 libparted-3.1_1
 libntfs-3g.so.89 ntfs-3g-2021.8.22_1
 libruby.so.3.0 ruby-3.0.2_1
+librw.so.0 rankwidth-0.9_1
 libprocessui.so.9 libksysguard-5.18.90_1
 libksignalplotter.so.9 libksysguard-5.18.90_1
 libksgrd.so.9 libksysguard-5.18.90_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/rankwidth-devel b/srcpkgs/rankwidth-devel
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..ae0ae25eafc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/rankwidth-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+rankwidth
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/rankwidth/template b/srcpkgs/rankwidth/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c322a6e1a12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/rankwidth/template
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# Template file for 'rankwidth'
+pkgname=rankwidth
+version=0.9
+revision=1
+wrksrc=rw-${version}
+build_style=gnu-configure
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
+makedepends="igraph-devel"
+short_desc="Calculates rank-width and rank-decompositions"
+maintainer="Gonzalo Tornaría <tornaria@cmat.edu.uy>"
+license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
+homepage="https://sourceforge.net/projects/rankwidth/"
+distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/rankwidth/rw-$version.tar.gz"
+checksum=c1e03506fe25cdfcb428c051fc56b2d2affb5b06fba3f2ce756631466befb441
+
+post_install() {
+	# the binary conflicts with rw package, and it's not needed for
+	# sagemath; if ever someone needs it we can decide whether to
+	# rename it or install in a separate package with conflicts=rw
+	rm -rf ${DESTDIR}/usr/bin/rw
+	rm -rf ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/doc/rw
+}
+
+rankwidth-devel_package() {
+	depends="${makedepends} ${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/include
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.a"
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.so"
+	}
+}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/rankwidth/update b/srcpkgs/rankwidth/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..226d3b64d1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/rankwidth/update
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pkgname=rw