diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index 91f9ef8d640..3ec4c64cf1f 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -1403,3 +1403,4 @@ librsync.so.1 librsync-0.9.7_1
 libserf-1.so.3 serf-1.3.1_1
 libmpdclient.so.2 libmpdclient-0.28_1
 libmcrypt.so.4 libmcrypt-2.5.8_1
+libgraphite2.so.3 graphite-1.2.3_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/graphite-devel b/srcpkgs/graphite-devel
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..af95b7427e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/graphite-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+graphite
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/graphite/template b/srcpkgs/graphite/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bb3c100b4c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/graphite/template
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# Template file for 'graphite'
+pkgname=graphite
+version=1.2.3
+revision=1
+wrksrc="${pkgname}2-${version}"
+build_style=cmake
+configure_args="-DGRAPHITE2_COMPARE_RENDERER=OFF"
+hostmakedepends="cmake pkg-config"
+makedepends="freetype-devel"
+short_desc="Reimplementation of the SIL Graphite text processing engine"
+maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
+homepage="http://projects.palaso.org/projects/graphitedev"
+license="LGPL-2.1, GPL-2, BSD"
+distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/silgraphite/graphite2-${version}.tgz"
+checksum=ef680a003cebc426d7c9bf856d7191775b1dfd585d5dd44712d7d41750b3fcf5
+
+graphite-devel_package() {
+	depends="${sourcepkg}-${version}_${revision}"
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/include
+		vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.so"
+		vmove usr/share
+	}
+}
+
+graphite_package() {
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove all
+	}
+}