diff --git a/srcpkgs/libelf-devel b/srcpkgs/libelf-devel
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..6e3ed115de7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libelf-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+libelf
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libelf/depends b/srcpkgs/libelf/depends
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..eacf465f5b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libelf/depends
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+abi_depends=">=0.8.13"
+api_depends="${abi_depends}"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libelf/libelf-devel.template b/srcpkgs/libelf/libelf-devel.template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c5738250797
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libelf/libelf-devel.template
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# Template file for 'libelf-devel'.
+#
+short_desc="${sourcepkg} - development files"
+long_desc="${long_desc}
+
+ This package contains files for development: headers, static libs, etc."
+
+Add_dependency run glibc-devel
+Add_dependency run libelf
+
+do_install()
+{
+	mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib
+	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/include ${DESTDIR}/usr
+	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/lib/*.a ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib
+	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/lib/pkgconfig ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib
+}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libelf/template b/srcpkgs/libelf/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a66207c62cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libelf/template
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# Template build file for 'libelf'
+pkgname=libelf
+version=0.8.13
+distfiles="http://www.mr511.de/software/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
+build_style=gnu_configure
+configure_args="--enable-gnu-names --enable-compat --enable-shared"
+make_install_target="prefix=$XBPS_DESTDIR/$pkgname-$version/usr install"
+short_desc="ELF object file access library"
+maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
+checksum=591a9b4ec81c1f2042a97aa60564e0cb79d041c52faa7416acb38bc95bd2c76d
+long_desc="
+ The elf library provides routines to access, and manipulate, Elf object files.
+ It is still not complete, but is required for a number of programs, such as
+ Eli (a state of the art compiler generation system), and Elk (the Extension
+ Language Kit - an implementation of the Scheme programming language.)"
+
+base_chroot=yes
+subpackages="$pkgname-devel"
+Add_dependency run glibc
diff --git a/xbps-src/common/mapping_shlib_binpkg.txt b/xbps-src/common/mapping_shlib_binpkg.txt
index 7fa093f1ae3..a7cff56cfd8 100644
--- a/xbps-src/common/mapping_shlib_binpkg.txt
+++ b/xbps-src/common/mapping_shlib_binpkg.txt
@@ -643,3 +643,4 @@ libopenmpi_malloc.so		openmpi			openmpi-devel
 libopen-pal.so			openmpi			openmpi-devel
 libopen-rte.so			openmpi			openmpi-devel
 libmtp.so			libmtp			libmtp-devel
+libelf.so			libelf			libelf-devel