diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index 787fee23364..d5b80999729 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -1801,7 +1801,7 @@ libmate-window-settings.so.1 libmate-control-center-1.8.1_1
 libmateweather.so.1 libmateweather-1.8.0_1
 libmate-panel-applet-4.so.1 libmate-panel-1.8.0_1
 libslab.so.0 libmate-control-center-1.8.2_1
-liblz4.so.1 lz4-1.7.3_1
+liblz4.so.1 liblz4-1.8.2_1
 libatrilview.so.3 libatril-1.8.0_1
 libatrildocument.so.3 libatril-1.8.0_1
 libjawt.so openjdk-jre-8u20_2
diff --git a/srcpkgs/lz4-devel b/srcpkgs/liblz4
similarity index 100%
rename from srcpkgs/lz4-devel
rename to srcpkgs/liblz4
diff --git a/srcpkgs/liblz4-devel b/srcpkgs/liblz4-devel
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..468bf881708
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/liblz4-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+lz4
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/lz4/template b/srcpkgs/lz4/template
index 344e0869ee4..759ceb9e165 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/lz4/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/lz4/template
@@ -1,20 +1,28 @@
 # Template file for 'lz4'
 pkgname=lz4
 reverts="131_1 130_1 129_1 128_1 127_1 126_1 125_1 124_1 123_1 122_1"
-version=1.8.1.2
+version=1.8.2
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-makefile
-short_desc="Extremely fast compression algorithm"
+make_check_target="test"
+short_desc="The LZ4 compression utilities"
 maintainer="Alessio Sergi <al3hex@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://www.lz4.org/"
-license="2-clause-BSD, GPL-2"
+license="BSD-2-Clause, GPL-2"
 distfiles="https://github.com/lz4/lz4/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=12f3a9e776a923275b2dc78ae138b4967ad6280863b77ff733028ce89b8123f9
-make_check_target="test"
+checksum=0963fbe9ee90acd1d15e9f09e826eaaf8ea0312e854803caf2db0a6dd40f4464
 
-lz4-devel_package() {
-	depends="${sourcepkg}-${version}_${revision}"
-	short_desc+=" - development files"
+liblz4_package() {
+	replaces="lz4<${version}_${revision}"
+	short_desc="LZ4 compression library"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/lib/*.so.*
+	}
+}
+liblz4-devel_package() {
+	replaces="lz4-devel<${version}_${revision}"
+	short_desc="LZ4 compression library - development files"
+	depends="liblz4-${version}_${revision}"
 	pkg_install() {
 		vmove usr/include
 		vmove usr/lib/*.a