diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index 4579135235a..6d402f3286d 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -3431,3 +3431,4 @@ libdwarves_reorganize.so.1 pahole-1.12_1
 libclthreads.so.2 clthreads-2.4.2_1
 libclxclient.so.3 clxclient-3.9.2_1
 libsecp256k1.so.0 libbitcoin-secp256k1-0.1.0.13_1
+libbitcoin.so.0 libbitcoin-system-3.5.0_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libbitcoin-system-devel b/srcpkgs/libbitcoin-system-devel
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..13797e5b585
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libbitcoin-system-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+libbitcoin-system
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libbitcoin-system/template b/srcpkgs/libbitcoin-system/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e1117c5ecdf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libbitcoin-system/template
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+# Template file for 'libbitcoin-system'
+pkgname=libbitcoin-system
+version=3.5.0
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-configure
+configure_args="--with-boost-libdir=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/lib
+ --with-boost=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr --with-gnu-ld --with-icu --with-png
+ --with-qrencode --without-examples"
+hostmakedepends="autoconf automake libtool m4 pkg-config"
+makedepends="boost-devel icu-devel libbitcoin-secp256k1-devel libpng-devel
+ qrencode-devel"
+short_desc="Bitcoin Cross-Platform C++ Development Toolkit"
+maintainer="Andy Weidenbaum <archbaum@gmail.com>"
+license="AGPL-3.0-or-later"
+homepage="https://github.com/libbitcoin/libbitcoin-system"
+distfiles="https://github.com/libbitcoin/libbitcoin-system/archive/v${version}.tar.gz>${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=44ecd8b0de0dff2296f03e9c7f42a0afb9ac4f916aeaf6de2bffd0ccc05790b5
+
+pre_configure() {
+	./autogen.sh
+}
+
+post_install() {
+	vlicense COPYING
+	vdoc README.md
+}
+
+libbitcoin-system-devel_package() {
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
+	depends="${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/include
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.a"
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.so"
+		vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
+	}
+}