diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index 89bb5359072..083326a331b 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -3461,3 +3461,4 @@ libgrpc.so.7 grpc-1.19.1_1
 libgrpc_cronet.so.7 grpc-1.19.1_1
 libgrpc_unsecure.so.7 grpc-1.19.1_1
 libgrpcpp_channelz.so.1 grpc-1.19.1_1
+libircclient.so.1 libircclient-1.10_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libircclient-devel b/srcpkgs/libircclient-devel
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..2dfa3a687e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libircclient-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+libircclient
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libircclient/files/libircclient.pc b/srcpkgs/libircclient/files/libircclient.pc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ca92609cb9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libircclient/files/libircclient.pc
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+prefix=/usr
+libdir=${prefix}/lib
+
+Name: libircclient
+Description: IRC client library
+Version: 1.10
+Libs: -L${libdir} -lircclient -lcrypto -lssl
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libircclient/template b/srcpkgs/libircclient/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8036d089f08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libircclient/template
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+# Template file for 'libircclient'
+pkgname=libircclient
+version=1.10
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-configure
+configure_args="--libdir=/usr/lib --enable-openssl --enable-ipv6 --enable-shared"
+hostmakedepends="automake libtool pkg-config"
+makedepends="libressl-devel"
+short_desc="IRC client library"
+maintainer="maciozo@maciozo.com <maciozo@maciozo.com>"
+license="LGPL-3.0-or-later"
+homepage="https://www.ulduzsoft.com/linux/libircclient/"
+distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}${pkgname}/${version}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=bbb26f3af348b252c5204917a7f91cfdf172f1b6afbf4df1e561b03e20503c2d
+
+pre_configure() {
+	autoreconf -fi
+}
+
+post_install() {
+	make -C src static install
+	cp -a src/${pkgname}.a ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib
+	vmkdir usr/share/doc/${pkgname}
+	vcopy doc/*.rst usr/share/doc/${pkgname}
+	vcopy doc/sources/*.rst usr/share/doc/${pkgname}
+	vmkdir usr/lib/pkgconfig
+	sed -i ${FILESDIR}/${sourcepkg}.pc -e "s;@version@;${version};" \
+		> ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/pkgconfig/${sourcepkg}.pc
+	vman man/${pkgname}.1
+}
+
+libircclient-devel_package() {
+	depends="${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/share
+		vmove usr/include
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.so"
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.a"
+		vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
+	}
+}