diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index d834dd2c3fd..0d9c21ed7fc 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -2830,7 +2830,7 @@ libsidplayfp.so.4 libsidplayfp-1.8.7_1
 libstilview.so.0 libsidplayfp-1.8.7_1
 libczmq.so.4 czmq-4.0.1_1
 liblz.so.1 lzlib-1.8_1
-libelogind.so.0 elogind-219.12_1
+libelogind.so.0 libelogind-238.1_2
 libnma.so.0 libnm-gtk-1.4.0_1
 libgspell-1.so.2 gspell-1.8.0_1
 libotf.so.1 libotf-0.9.16_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/elogind/template b/srcpkgs/elogind/template
index 1c127002586..27b1080bcfa 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/elogind/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/elogind/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'elogind'
 pkgname=elogind
 version=238.1
-revision=1
+revision=2
 build_style=meson
 configure_args="-Dcgroup-controller=elogind -Dhalt-path=/usr/bin/halt
  -Drootlibexecdir=/usr/libexec/elogind -Dreboot-path=/usr/bin/reboot
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ post_install() {
 }
 
 elogind-devel_package() {
-	depends="${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
+	depends="libelogind-${version}_${revision}"
 	short_desc+=" - development files"
 	pkg_install() {
 		vmove usr/include
@@ -58,3 +58,10 @@ elogind-devel_package() {
 		vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
 	}
 }
+
+libelogind_package() {
+	short_desc+=" - elogind library"
+	pkg_install() {
+		 vmove "usr/lib/libelogind.so.*"
+	}
+}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libelogind b/srcpkgs/libelogind
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..49be2e0cf59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libelogind
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+elogind
\ No newline at end of file