diff --git a/srcpkgs/lz4-devel b/srcpkgs/lz4-devel
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..468bf881708
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/lz4-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+lz4
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/lz4/template b/srcpkgs/lz4/template
index 759ceb9e165..35adee8d085 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/lz4/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/lz4/template
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 pkgname=lz4
 reverts="131_1 130_1 129_1 128_1 127_1 126_1 125_1 124_1 123_1 122_1"
 version=1.8.2
-revision=1
+revision=2
 build_style=gnu-makefile
 make_check_target="test"
 short_desc="The LZ4 compression utilities"
@@ -30,3 +30,8 @@ liblz4-devel_package() {
 		vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
 	}
 }
+lz4-devel_package() {
+	build_style=meta
+	short_desc="LZ4 compression library - development files (transitional dummy package)"
+	depends="liblz4-devel>=${version}_${revision}"
+}