diff --git a/srcpkgs/monero-core b/srcpkgs/monero-core
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..6e7f62767eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/monero-core
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+monero-gui
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/monero-gui/INSTALL.msg b/srcpkgs/monero-gui/INSTALL.msg
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..06ac937bb78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/monero-gui/INSTALL.msg
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+For monero-gui to connect to the network, it needs access to a monero node.
+You may either enter a remote node in the application itself or provide
+a locally running node for it to work with. The necessary daemon software
+to run a local node is available in the 'monero' package.
diff --git a/srcpkgs/monero-core/template b/srcpkgs/monero-gui/template
similarity index 78%
rename from srcpkgs/monero-core/template
rename to srcpkgs/monero-gui/template
index e2566978247..79d2f89150a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/monero-core/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/monero-gui/template
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
-# Template file for 'monero-core'
-pkgname=monero-core
-version=0.11.1.0
-revision=2
-wrksrc="monero-gui-${version}"
+# Template file for 'monero-gui'
+pkgname=monero-gui
+version=0.12.0.0
+revision=1
 build_style=qmake
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config qt5-tools qt5-qmake qt5-quickcontrols qt5-declarative-devel"
 makedepends="libatomic-devel monero-devel boost-devel libunwind-devel miniupnpc-devel
@@ -14,14 +13,14 @@ maintainer="Helmut Pozimski <helmut@pozimski.eu>"
 license="3-clause-BSD"
 homepage="https://getmonero.org"
 distfiles="https://github.com/monero-project/monero-gui/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=39870b40b81cfe986c4ccd379fdde2cf34dabe8e427f7a9723e73ec9ee4ceae0
+checksum=b915be9ade49e75271033ddfd3ea8956aa3e36ef54d92f99a01532b06a8d3743
 
 pre_configure() {
 	echo "var GUI_VERSION = \"${version}\"" > version.js
 	echo "var GUI_MONERO_VERSION = \"${version}\"" >> version.js
 	case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
 		armv[56]*) # armv[56]* need to link libatomic.a for __atomic_fetch_sub_8
-			sed -i *.pro -e "s;-lreadline ;-lreadline -latomic ;"
+			sed -i *.pro -e "s;-leasylogging ;-leasylogging -latomic ;"
 			;;
 	esac
 }
@@ -42,3 +41,10 @@ do_install() {
 	vbin release/bin/monero-wallet-gui
 	vlicense LICENSE
 }
+
+monero-core_package() {
+	build_style=meta
+	noarch=yes
+	depends="monero-gui>=$version"
+	short_desc+=" - transitional dummy package"
+}