diff --git a/srcpkgs/liblzf-devel b/srcpkgs/liblzf-devel
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..bc7973dd11e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/liblzf-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+lzf
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/lzf/patches/Makefile_in-DISTDIR.patch b/srcpkgs/lzf/patches/Makefile_in-DISTDIR.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..237b7f886ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/lzf/patches/Makefile_in-DISTDIR.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+--- Makefile.in	2011-02-07 17:37:51.000000000 +0100
++++ Makefile.in	2020-09-06 17:34:21.695515951 +0200
+@@ -37,12 +37,12 @@
+ 	$(RANLIB) $@
+ 
+ install: all
+-	$(INSTALL) -d $(bindir)
+-	$(INSTALL) -m 755 lzf $(bindir)
+-	$(INSTALL) -d $(includedir)
+-	$(INSTALL_DATA) lzf.h $(includedir)
+-	$(INSTALL) -d $(libdir)
+-	$(INSTALL_DATA) liblzf.a $(libdir)
++	$(INSTALL) -d $(DESTDIR)/$(bindir)
++	$(INSTALL) -m 755 lzf $(DESTDIR)/$(bindir)
++	$(INSTALL) -d $(DESTDIR)/$(includedir)
++	$(INSTALL_DATA) lzf.h $(DESTDIR)/$(includedir)
++	$(INSTALL) -d $(DESTDIR)/$(libdir)
++	$(INSTALL_DATA) liblzf.a $(DESTDIR)/$(libdir)
+ 
+ dist:
+ 	mkdir liblzf-$(VERSION)
diff --git a/srcpkgs/lzf/template b/srcpkgs/lzf/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..91aa6bde417
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/lzf/template
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# Template file for 'lzf'
+pkgname=lzf
+version=3.6
+revision=1
+wrksrc="lib${pkgname}-${version}"
+build_style=gnu-configure
+hostmakedepends="automake"
+short_desc="Extremely fast compression algorithm"
+maintainer="Jürgen Buchmüller <pullmoll@t-online.de>"
+license="BSD-2-Clause"
+homepage="http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/liblzf.html"
+distfiles="http://dist.schmorp.de/liblzf/lib${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=9c5de01f7b9ccae40c3f619d26a7abec9986c06c36d260c179cedd04b89fb46a
+
+pre_configure() {
+	autoreconf -fi
+}
+
+post_install() {
+	vlicense LICENSE
+}
+
+liblzf-devel_package() {
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/lib/liblzf.a
+		vmove usr/include
+	}
+}