diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index 0b1dce208f7..b8b67e70713 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -3497,3 +3497,4 @@ libheif.so.1 libheif-1.4.0_1
 libuninameslist.so.1 libuninameslist-20190701_1
 libgambit.so.4 gambit-4.9.3_1
 liblog4cpp.so.5 log4cpp-1.1.3_1
+libnuspell.so.2 libnuspell-2.3.0_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libnuspell b/srcpkgs/libnuspell
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..9f9f8485011
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libnuspell
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+nuspell
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libnuspell-devel b/srcpkgs/libnuspell-devel
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..9f9f8485011
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libnuspell-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+nuspell
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/nuspell/template b/srcpkgs/nuspell/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..dd0c032dba4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/nuspell/template
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# Template file for 'nuspell'
+pkgname=nuspell
+version=2.3.0
+revision=1
+build_style=cmake
+configure_args="-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON"
+hostmakedepends="ruby-ronn"
+makedepends="boost-devel icu-devel"
+checkdepends="catch2"
+short_desc="C++ spell checking library"
+maintainer="John <johnz@posteo.net>"
+license="LGPL-3.0-or-later"
+homepage="https://nuspell.github.io/"
+distfiles="https://github.com/nuspell/nuspell/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=c81cfd50f851b5863ca26cd0c6bf9ebb7281a160c277f05c8583239321cacf3b
+
+libnuspell_package() {
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.so.*"
+	}
+}
+
+libnuspell-devel_package() {
+	depends="${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/include
+		vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
+		vmove usr/lib/cmake
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.so"
+	}
+}