diff --git a/srcpkgs/bitlbee-devel b/srcpkgs/bitlbee-devel
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..30657018557
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/bitlbee-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+bitlbee/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/bitlbee/template b/srcpkgs/bitlbee/template
index be9e5c1446f..d444881c47c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/bitlbee/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/bitlbee/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'bitlbee'
 pkgname=bitlbee
 version=3.4.1
-revision=3
+revision=4
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--etcdir=/etc/bitlbee --sbindir=/usr/bin
  --pidfile=/run/${pkgname}/${pkgname}.pid
@@ -34,3 +34,10 @@ post_configure() {
 post_install() {
 	vsv $pkgname
 }
+bitlbee-devel_package() {
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
+	depends="${sourcepkg}-${version}_${revision} ${makedepends}"
+	pkg_install() {
+		make DESTDIR=${PKGDESTDIR} install-dev
+	}
+}