diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index 5ce49282e4a..b993f67ee8e 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -3405,3 +3405,4 @@ libshaderc_shared.so shaderc-2017.2_1
 libglslang.so glslang-6.2.2596_1
 libSPIRV.so glslang-6.2.2596_1
 libmaxminddb.so.0 libmaxminddb-1.3.2_1
+libmysqlpp.so mysql++-3.2.4_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/mysql++-devel b/srcpkgs/mysql++-devel
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..211b8fb5f7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/mysql++-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+mysql++
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/mysql++/patches/01-fix-cross.patch b/srcpkgs/mysql++/patches/01-fix-cross.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4f1202fc072
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/mysql++/patches/01-fix-cross.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+Index: lib/datetime.cpp
+==================================================================
+--- lib/datetime.cpp
++++ lib/datetime.cpp
+@@ -30,10 +30,11 @@
+ 
+ #include "datetime.h"
+ #include "stream2string.h"
+ 
+ #include <iomanip>
++#include <cstring>
+ 
+ #include <stdlib.h>
+ #include <time.h>
+ 
+ using namespace std;
+@@ -51,11 +52,11 @@
+ 	localtime_r(&t, ptm);
+ #else
+ 	// No explicitly thread-safe localtime() replacement found.  This
+ 	// may still be thread-safe, as some C libraries take special steps
+ 	// within localtime() to get thread safety, such as TLS.
+-	memcpy(ptm, localtime(&t), sizeof(tm));
++	std::memcpy(ptm, localtime(&t), sizeof(tm));
+ #endif
+ }
+ 
+ 
+ std::ostream& operator <<(std::ostream& os, const Date& d)
+
diff --git a/srcpkgs/mysql++/template b/srcpkgs/mysql++/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8904aa9924f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/mysql++/template
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+# Template file for 'mysql++'
+pkgname=mysql++
+version=3.2.4
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-configure
+make_install_target="install_mysqlpp"
+makedepends="libmariadbclient-devel"
+short_desc="C++ wrapper for MySQLs C API"
+maintainer="DirectorX <void.directorx@protonmail.com>"
+license="LGPL-2.1-or-later, Custom"
+homepage="https://tangentsoft.net/mysqlpp"
+distfiles="${homepage}/releases/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=6b60727b36b1fed78e0c935d6510b31821c71ec0076967cd9fa5ecf4320d7d63
+
+if [ -n "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
+	configure_args="--exec_prefix=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE} --with-mysql-include=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/include/mysql"
+fi
+
+post_install() {
+	vlicense COPYING.txt
+}
+
+mysql++-devel_package() {
+	depends="mysql++>=${version}_${revision} libmysqlclient-devel"
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmkdir usr/include/mysql++
+		vcopy lib/*.h usr/include/mysql++
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.so"
+	}
+}
+
+case "${XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE}" in
+	arm*|aarch64*|mips*)
+		broken="${XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE} not supported yet"
+	;;
+esac