diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index 76a40ce5fe4..773f18ca415 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -3985,6 +3985,7 @@ libpari-gmp-tls.so.7 pari-2.13.2_1
 libtree-sitter.so.0 tree-sitter-0.19.0_1
 libgtkdatabox.so.1 gtkdatabox3-1.0.0_1
 libgf2x.so.3 gf2x-1.3.0_1
+libntl.so.44 ntl-11.5.1_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/ntl-devel b/srcpkgs/ntl-devel
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..fc0a3998732
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/ntl-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ntl
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/ntl/template b/srcpkgs/ntl/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e4b84a45cd3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/ntl/template
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+# Template file for 'ntl'
+pkgname=ntl
+version=11.5.1
+revision=1
+build_wrksrc="src"
+build_style=configure
+hostmakedepends="perl libtool"
+makedepends="gmp-devel gf2x-devel"
+short_desc="Library for doing Number Theory"
+maintainer="Gonzalo Tornaría <tornaria@cmat.edu.uy>"
+license="LGPL-2.1-or-later"
+homepage="https://libntl.org"
+distfiles="https://libntl.org/ntl-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=210d06c31306cbc6eaf6814453c56c776d9d8e8df36d74eb306f6a523d1c6a8a
+nocross=yes # runs binaries built for target
+
+build_options="native_build"
+
+do_configure() {
+	# see http://www.shoup.net/ntl/doc/tour-unix.html
+	./configure CXX="$CXX" CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS" LIBTOOL="libtool" \
+		PREFIX="/usr" SHARED="on" NTL_GF2X_LIB="on" \
+		NATIVE="$(vopt_if native_build 'on' 'off')"
+}
+
+ntl-devel_package() {
+	depends="${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision} ${makedepends}"
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/include
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.a"
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.so"
+		vmove usr/share
+	}
+}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/ntl/update b/srcpkgs/ntl/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7ca2974b146
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/ntl/update
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+site="https://libntl.org/download.html"