diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index f27f21d04ed..848ea46232b 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -2995,6 +2995,7 @@ libyaz.so.5 yaz-5.23.1_1
 libyaz_server.so.5 yaz-5.23.1_1
 libgcab-1.0.so.0 gcab-0.7_1
 libwpe-1.0.so.1 libwpe-1.10.0_1
+libWPEBackend-fdo-1.0.so.1 wpebackend-fdo-1.8.3_1
 libliveMedia.so.81 live555-2020.08.11_2
 libgroupsock.so.8 live555-2020.08.11_2
 libUsageEnvironment.so.3 live555-2020.08.11_2
diff --git a/srcpkgs/wpebackend-fdo-devel b/srcpkgs/wpebackend-fdo-devel
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..6587510430e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/wpebackend-fdo-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+wpebackend-fdo
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/wpebackend-fdo/template b/srcpkgs/wpebackend-fdo/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ab99f91c96e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/wpebackend-fdo/template
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# Template file for 'wpebackend-fdo'
+pkgname=wpebackend-fdo
+version=1.8.3
+revision=1
+build_style=meson
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
+makedepends="glib-devel libepoxy-devel libwpe-devel wayland-devel"
+short_desc="FreeDesktop.org backend for WPE"
+maintainer="q66 <daniel@octaforge.org>"
+license="BSD-2-Clause"
+homepage="https://wpewebkit.org"
+distfiles="https://wpewebkit.org/releases/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
+checksum=3d0b4282a1bd9e0664d7a20abe14e982f3285296ac62de56cae2a404b9d28b9e
+
+post_install() {
+	vlicense COPYING
+}
+
+wpebackend-fdo-devel_package() {
+	depends="${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
+	# the .so file belongs in the main package as it's dlopened
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/include
+		vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
+	}
+}