diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index e6d874c100b..5f935c176c2 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -3987,6 +3987,7 @@ libgtkdatabox.so.1 gtkdatabox3-1.0.0_1
 libgf2x.so.3 gf2x-1.3.0_1
 libntl.so.44 ntl-11.5.1_1
 libflint.so.16 flintlib-2.8.0_1
+libarb.so.2 arb-2.20.0_1
 libwayland-client++.so.0 libwaylandpp-0.2.8_1
 libwayland-cursor++.so.0 libwaylandpp-0.2.8_1
 libwayland-egl++.so.0 libwaylandpp-0.2.8_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/arb-devel b/srcpkgs/arb-devel
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..456b9f00a86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/arb-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+arb
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/arb/template b/srcpkgs/arb/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f195d8babf1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/arb/template
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# Template file for 'arb'
+pkgname=arb
+version=2.20.0
+revision=1
+build_style=configure
+configure_args="--prefix=/usr --with-gmp=/usr --with-mpfr=/usr --with-flint=/usr"
+makedepends="flintlib-devel"
+short_desc="C library for arbitrary-precision interval arithmetic"
+maintainer="Gonzalo Tornaría <tornaria@cmat.edu.uy>"
+license="LGPL-2.1-or-later"
+homepage="https://arblib.org"
+distfiles="https://github.com/fredrik-johansson/arb/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=d2f186b10590c622c11d1ca190c01c3da08bac9bc04e84cb591534b917faffe7
+
+if [ "$XBPS_TARGET_LIBC" = "musl" ]; then
+	# on glibc this would give a conflict with function fdiv()
+	CFLAGS="-D_GNU_SOURCE" # needed for cpu_set_t
+fi
+
+arb-devel_package() {
+	depends="${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision} ${makedepends}"
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/include
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.a"
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.so"
+	}
+}