diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index b5b6086d24f..24ffaac9ed7 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -3509,3 +3509,4 @@ libdrumstick-alsa.so.1 drumstick-1.1.2_1
 libdrumstick-rt.so.1 drumstick-1.1.2_1
 libnozzle.so.1 libnozzle1-1.11_2
 libmygpo-qt5.so.1 libmygpo-qt-1.1.0_1
+libluv.so.1 libluv-1.30.1.0_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libluv-devel b/srcpkgs/libluv-devel
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..26d5f9b015d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libluv-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+libluv
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libluv/template b/srcpkgs/libluv/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9cc67b6d4e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libluv/template
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+# Template file for 'libluv'
+pkgname=libluv
+version=1.30.1.0
+revision=1
+_distver="${version%.*}-${version##*.}"
+wrksrc=luv-${_distver}
+build_style=cmake
+configure_args="-DLUA_BUILD_TYPE=System -DBUILD_MODULE=OFF -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON"
+makedepends="libuv-devel LuaJIT-devel"
+depends="lua libuv LuaJIT"
+short_desc="Bare libuv bindings for lua"
+maintainer="andry-dev <peketribal2@gmail.com>"
+license="Apache-2.0"
+homepage="https://github.com/luvit/luv"
+distfiles="https://github.com/luvit/luv/releases/download/${_distver}/luv-${_distver}.tar.gz
+			https://raw.githubusercontent.com/luvit/luv/${_distver}/libluv.pc.in"
+checksum="420fc299f3b25aff55b839e9fe590982f45045b3e53ebeab2449eca7e23a106a
+			be2a4909c724e09a50de42b1caa3c82c1b1afee8b80abf20c6944f1df1c7fd0e"
+skip_extraction="libluv.pc.in"
+
+if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" -a "$XBPS_MACHINE" = "x86_64" ]; then
+	hostmakedepends+=" gcc-multilib"
+fi
+
+post_extract() {
+	cp ${XBPS_SRCDISTDIR}/libluv-${version}/libluv.pc.in ${wrksrc}/libluv.pc.in
+}
+
+libluv-devel_package() {
+	depends="${makedepends} libluv>=${version}_${revision}"
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/include
+		vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.so"
+	}
+}