diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index 481969464a9..ca5ca04c733 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -2235,3 +2235,5 @@ libboinc_api.so.7 boinc-nox-7.6.2_1
 libboinc_graphics2.so.7 boinc-nox-7.6.2_1
 libbson-1.0.so.0 libbson-1.2.0_1
 libsynfig.so.0 synfig-1.0.1_1
+libhidapi-hidraw.so.0 hidapi-0.8.0rc1_1
+libhidapi-libusb.so.0 hidapi-0.8.0rc1_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/hidapi-devel b/srcpkgs/hidapi-devel
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..ece54bdf716
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/hidapi-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+hidapi
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/hidapi/template b/srcpkgs/hidapi/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fcd4ad1bc79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/hidapi/template
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+# Template file for 'hidapi'
+pkgname=hidapi
+_distver=0.8.0
+_patchver=rc1
+version=${_distver}${_patchver}
+revision=1
+wrksrc="${pkgname}-${pkgname}-${_distver}-${_patchver}"
+build_style=gnu-configure
+hostmakedepends="automake libtool pkg-config"
+makedepends="libudev-devel libusb-devel"
+short_desc="A Simple library for communicating with USB and Bluetooth HID devices"
+maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
+license="3-clause-BSD"
+homepage="http://www.signal11.us/oss/hidapi/"
+distfiles="https://github.com/signal11/hidapi/archive/hidapi-${_distver}-${_patchver}.tar.gz"
+checksum=3c147200bf48a04c1e927cd81589c5ddceff61e6dac137a605f6ac9793f4af61
+
+pre_configure() {
+	NOCONFIGURE=1 ./bootstrap
+}
+post_install() {
+	rm -r ${DESTDIR}/usr/share
+	vlicense LICENSE-bsd.txt LICENSE
+}
+
+hidapi-devel_package() {
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
+	depends="${makedepends} ${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/include
+		vmove usr/lib/*.a
+		vmove usr/lib/*.so
+		vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
+	}
+}