diff --git a/srcpkgs/wv/libwv.template b/srcpkgs/wv/libwv.template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2263adcf507
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/wv/libwv.template
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Template file for 'libwv'.
+#
+short_desc="${short_desc} - Runtime library"
+long_desc="${long_desc}
+
+ This package contains the runtime."
+
+Add_dependency run glibc
+Add_dependency run libgsf
+Add_dependency run glib
+Add_dependency run libxml2
+Add_dependency run libpng
+Add_dependency run zlib
+
+do_install()
+{
+	vmove "usr/lib/*.so*" usr/lib
+}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/wv/template b/srcpkgs/wv/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..60aba1353ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/wv/template
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# Template file for 'wv'
+pkgname=wv
+version=1.2.4
+distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/${pkgname}ware/${pkgname}-$version.tar.gz"
+build_style=gnu-configure
+short_desc="wv is a library which allows access to Microsoft Word files."
+homepage="http://wvware.sourceforge.net/"
+license="GPL-3"
+maintainer="davehome <davehome@redthumb.info.tm>"
+checksum=673109910e22d4cf94cc8be4dcb9a0c41b5fbdb1736d4b7bdc7778894d57c2d6
+long_desc="
+ wv is a library which allows access to Microsoft Word files. It can load and
+ parse Word 2000, 97, 95 and 6 file formats. (These are the file formats
+ known internally as Word 9, 8, 7 and 6.) There is some support for reading
+ earlier formats as well: Word 2 docs are converted to plaintext."
+
+subpackages="lib$pkgname $pkgname-devel"
+
+Add_dependency run glibc
+Add_dependency run libgsf
+Add_dependency run glib
+Add_dependency run libxml2
+Add_dependency run libpng
+Add_dependency run zlib
+Add_dependency run libwv
+
+Add_dependency build libgsf-devel
+Add_dependency build glib-devel
+Add_dependency build libxml2-devel
+Add_dependency build libpng-devel
+Add_dependency build zlib-devel
+Add_dependency build pkg-config
diff --git a/srcpkgs/wv/wv-devel.template b/srcpkgs/wv/wv-devel.template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9cee708bebd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/wv/wv-devel.template
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# Template file for 'wv-devel'.
+#
+short_desc="${short_desc} - Development files"
+long_desc="${long_desc}
+
+ This package contains files for development, headers, static libs, etc."
+
+Add_dependency run glibc-devel
+Add_dependency run libwv
+
+do_install()
+{
+        vmove usr/include usr
+        vmove "usr/lib/*.a" usr/lib
+        vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig usr/lib
+}
+
diff --git a/xbps-src/common/mapping_shlib_binpkg.txt b/xbps-src/common/mapping_shlib_binpkg.txt
index 55b4b457396..66c97c4244a 100644
--- a/xbps-src/common/mapping_shlib_binpkg.txt
+++ b/xbps-src/common/mapping_shlib_binpkg.txt
@@ -920,3 +920,4 @@ libsord-0.so.0			libsord			sord-devel
 libgiggle.so.0			libgiggle		giggle-devel
 libgiggle-git.so.0		libgiggle		giggle-devel
 libwine.so.1			libwine			wine-devel
+libwv-1.2.so.3			libwv			wv-devel