diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index 3406da3f3c5..6218bd88e32 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -1268,3 +1268,5 @@ libclucene-shared.so.1 clucene-2.3.3.4_1
 libclucene-contribs-lib.so.1 clucene-2.3.3.4_1
 libodbcinst.so.2 libodbc-2.3.1_1
 libodbc.so.2 libodbc-2.3.1_1
+libiodbc.so.2 libiodbc-3.52.8_1
+libiodbcinst.so.2 libiodbc-3.52.8_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libiodbc-devel b/srcpkgs/libiodbc-devel
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..cceb8445631
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libiodbc-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+libiodbc
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libiodbc/template b/srcpkgs/libiodbc/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..48bb8fd1230
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libiodbc/template
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+# Template file for 'libiodbc'
+pkgname=libiodbc
+version=3.52.8
+revision=1
+hostmakedepends="chrpath"
+build_style=gnu-configure
+configure_args="--disable-static --disable-gui
+ --disable-libodbc --includedir=/usr/include/libiodbc"
+short_desc="Independent Open DataBase Connectivity"
+maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
+license="LGPL-2.1"
+homepage="http://www.iodbc.org/dataspace/iodbc/wiki/iODBC/"
+distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/iodbc/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=18165501fbdb5ab8c445d07365907b77c0c20887aecf37ed2b88aacd9c59129a
+
+post_install() {
+	rm -rf ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/libiodbc
+	chrpath -d ${DESTDIR}/usr/bin/iodbctest{,w}
+}
+
+libiodbc-devel_package() {
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
+	depends="${sourcepkg}-${version}_${revision}"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/bin/iodbc-config
+		vmove usr/share/man/man1/iodbc-config.1
+		vmove usr/include
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.so"
+		vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
+	}
+}
+
+libiodbc_package() {
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove all
+	}
+}