diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index 4efee70b478..6ed62ba1921 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -3068,6 +3068,7 @@ librpm.so.8 rpm-4.14.1_1
 librpmsign.so.8 rpm-4.14.1_1
 librpmbuild.so.8 rpm-4.14.1_1
 librpmio.so.8 rpm-4.14.1_1
+libaria2.so.0 libaria2-1.33.1_3
 libsquirrel.so.0 squirrel-libs-3.1_1
 libsqstdlib.so.0 squirrel-libs-3.1_1
 libexecinfo.so.1 libexecinfo-1.1_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/aria2/template b/srcpkgs/aria2/template
index 7c6bba348a3..58d3cc5c41d 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/aria2/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/aria2/template
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 # Template file for 'aria2'
 pkgname=aria2
 version=1.34.0
-revision=1
+revision=2
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--with-openssl --with-libexpat --without-gnutls
  --with-ca-bundle=/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt
- --with-bashcompletiondir=/usr/share/bash-completion/completions"
+ --with-bashcompletiondir=/usr/share/bash-completion/completions
+ --enable-libaria2"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
 makedepends="c-ares-devel expat-devel gmp-devel libressl-devel sqlite-devel
  zlib-devel"
@@ -18,3 +19,21 @@ homepage="https://aria2.github.io/"
 #changelog="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/aria2/aria2/master/NEWS"
 distfiles="https://github.com/aria2/aria2/releases/download/release-${version}/aria2-${version}.tar.xz"
 checksum=3a44a802631606e138a9e172a3e9f5bcbaac43ce2895c1d8e2b46f30487e77a3
+
+libaria2_package() {
+	short_desc="Multi-Protocol/multi-source download library"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove "usr/lib/libaria2.so.*"
+	}
+}
+
+libaria2-devel_package() {
+	short_desc="Multi-Protocol/multi-source download library - development files"
+	depends="libaria2>=${version}_${revision} ${makedepends}"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/include
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.la"
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.so"
+		vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
+	}
+}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libaria2 b/srcpkgs/libaria2
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..2ffdeb4a747
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libaria2
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+aria2
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libaria2-devel b/srcpkgs/libaria2-devel
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..2ffdeb4a747
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libaria2-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+aria2
\ No newline at end of file