diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index b0aecd19ff9..8af9d510e2f 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -1675,3 +1675,4 @@ libportmidi.so portmidi-217_1
 libsox.so.2 sox-14.4.1_1
 libframe.so.6 frame-2.5.0_1
 libgrail.so.6 grail-3.1.0_1
+libgeis.so.1 geis-2.2.16_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/geis-devel b/srcpkgs/geis-devel
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..3590f86de6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/geis-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+geis
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/geis/template b/srcpkgs/geis/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..27482ea9ecb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/geis/template
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# Template file for 'geis'
+pkgname=geis
+version=2.2.16
+revision=1
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config python3.4"
+makedepends="dbus-devel grail-devel frame-devel libXi-devel python3.4-devel xorg-server-devel"
+build_style="gnu-configure"
+maintainer="Enno Boland <eb@s01.de>"
+license="GPL"
+homepage="http://ktoblzcheck.sourceforge.net"
+short_desc="Gesture Engine Interface and Support"
+distfiles="https://launchpadlibrarian.net/140855467/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
+checksum=40a694092c79f325a2fbf8a9f301177bc91c364f4e637c2aa8963ad2a5aabbcf
+
+geis-devel_package() {
+	depends="${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/include
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.so"
+		vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
+	}
+}