diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index 257a2c675f2..8c4fe2db680 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -935,3 +935,4 @@ libcherokee-server.so.0		libcherokee		cherokee-devel
 libnilfs.so.0			libnilfs		nilfs-utils-devel
 libnilfsgc.so.0			libnilfs		nilfs-utils-devel
 libnilfscleaner.so.0		libnilfs		nilfs-utils-devel
+libchicken.so.6			libchicken		chicken-devel
diff --git a/srcpkgs/chicken-devel b/srcpkgs/chicken-devel
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..80bed283528
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/chicken-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+chicken
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diff --git a/srcpkgs/chicken/chicken-devel.template b/srcpkgs/chicken/chicken-devel.template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5af9b27a002
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/chicken/chicken-devel.template
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# Template file for 'chicken-devel'.
+#
+short_desc="Chiken development files"
+long_desc="${long_desc}
+
+ This package contains files for development, headers, static libs, etc."
+
+Add_dependency run libchicken
+
+do_install() {
+        vmove usr/include usr
+	vmove "usr/lib/*.a" usr/lib
+}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/chicken/chicken.rshlibs b/srcpkgs/chicken/chicken.rshlibs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bcc206b4a6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/chicken/chicken.rshlibs
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+libm.so.6
+libdl.so.2
+libc.so.6
+libchicken.so.6
diff --git a/srcpkgs/chicken/depends b/srcpkgs/chicken/depends
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2b9120baf82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/chicken/depends
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+abi_depends=">=4.7.0"
+api_depends="${abi_depends}"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/chicken/libchicken.rshlibs b/srcpkgs/chicken/libchicken.rshlibs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ac461242499
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/chicken/libchicken.rshlibs
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+libm.so.6
+libdl.so.2
+libc.so.6
diff --git a/srcpkgs/chicken/libchicken.template b/srcpkgs/chicken/libchicken.template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..75229516d43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/chicken/libchicken.template
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# Template file for 'libchiken'.
+#
+short_desc="${short_desc} - runtime library"
+long_desc="${long_desc}
+
+ This package contains the Chiken runtime library."
+
+do_install() {
+	vmove "usr/lib/*.so*" usr/lib
+}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/chicken/template b/srcpkgs/chicken/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e7a7e2fc116
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/chicken/template
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# Template file for 'chicken'
+pkgname=chicken
+version=4.7.0
+homepage="http://www.call-cc.org"
+distfiles="http://code.call-cc.org/releases/$version/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
+build_style=gnu-makefile
+make_build_args="PREFIX=/usr PLATFORM=linux"
+make_install_args="PREFIX=/usr PLATFORM=linux"
+short_desc="A practical and portable Scheme system"
+maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
+license="BSD"
+checksum=56afdbff812febe3f98ae437716ecaa96115732f21db5063ce413e4c7449a26c
+long_desc="
+ CHICKEN is a compiler for the Scheme programming language. CHICKEN produces
+ portable, efficient C, supports almost all of the R5RS Scheme language
+ standard, and includes many enhancements and extensions. CHICKEN runs on
+ Linux, MacOS X, Windows, and many Unix flavours."
+
+disable_parallel_build=yes
+subpackages="lib${pkgname} ${pkgname}-devel"
+
+post_install() {
+	vinstall LICENSE 644 usr/share/licenses/${pkgname}
+}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libchicken b/srcpkgs/libchicken
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..80bed283528
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libchicken
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+chicken
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