diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index 1db2601afbc..4579135235a 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -3430,3 +3430,4 @@ libdwarves_emit.so.1 pahole-1.12_1
 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
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libbitcoin-secp256k1-devel b/srcpkgs/libbitcoin-secp256k1-devel
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..527eb8d59d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libbitcoin-secp256k1-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+libbitcoin-secp256k1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libbitcoin-secp256k1/template b/srcpkgs/libbitcoin-secp256k1/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a47025a23ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libbitcoin-secp256k1/template
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+# Template file for 'libbitcoin-secp256k1'
+pkgname=libbitcoin-secp256k1
+version=0.1.0.13
+revision=1
+wrksrc="${pkgname#libbitcoin-}-${version}"
+build_style=gnu-configure
+configure_args="--disable-benchmark --disable-coverage --disable-jni
+ --disable-openssl-tests --enable-exhaustive-tests --enable-module-recovery
+ --enable-tests --with-gnu-ld"
+hostmakedepends="autoconf automake libtool m4 pkg-config"
+short_desc="Optimized C library for EC operations on curve secp256k1"
+maintainer="Andy Weidenbaum <archbaum@gmail.com>"
+license="MIT"
+homepage="https://github.com/libbitcoin/secp256k1"
+distfiles="https://github.com/libbitcoin/secp256k1/archive/v${version}.tar.gz>${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=9e48dbc88d0fb5646d40ea12df9375c577f0e77525e49833fb744d3c2a69e727
+
+pre_configure() {
+	./autogen.sh
+}
+
+post_install() {
+	vlicense COPYING
+	vdoc README.md
+}
+
+libbitcoin-secp256k1-devel_package() {
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
+	depends="${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/include
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.a"
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.so"
+		vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
+	}
+}