diff --git a/srcpkgs/stk-data b/srcpkgs/stk-data
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..e69eabc8478
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/stk-data
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+stk
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/stk/template b/srcpkgs/stk/template
index 70ff45b42f6..f726e3a5340 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/stk/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/stk/template
@@ -6,14 +6,13 @@ build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--with-alsa --with-jack RAWWAVE_PATH=/usr/share/stk/rawwaves/"
 hostmakedepends="automake libtool pkg-config"
 makedepends="alsa-lib-devel jack-devel"
-depends="libstk-${version}_${revision}"
+depends="libstk-${version}_${revision} stk-data-${version}_${revision}"
 short_desc="Synthesis ToolKit in C++"
 maintainer="Jürgen Buchmüller <pullmoll@t-online.de>"
 license="custom:MIT-like"
 homepage="https://ccrma.stanford.edu/software/stk/"
 distfiles="https://github.com/thestk/stk/archive/${version}.tar.gz>${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=8e0c362dd82421bae8f3e789d238a1c27aeac1a2697d7830eb51abc90fc17281
-replaces="stk-data>=0"
 
 pre_configure() {
 	NOCONFIGURE=1 autoreconf -fi
@@ -65,6 +64,13 @@ post_install() {
 	vlicense LICENSE
 }
 
+stk-data_package() {
+	short_desc+=" - data files"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/share/stk
+	}
+}
+
 stk-examples_package() {
 	short_desc+=" - examples"
 	depends="${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"