diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index 4867365a111..75cbf11f053 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -2333,3 +2333,4 @@ libykneomgr.so.0 libykneomgr-0.1.8_1
 libopenshot-audio.so.3 libopenshot-audio-0.0.6_1
 libopenshot.so.6 libopenshot-0.0.9_1
 libavresample.so.2 libavresample-2.8.5_3
+libpqxx-4.0.so libpqxx-4.0.1_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libpqxx-devel b/srcpkgs/libpqxx-devel
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..4cc2b4a921b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libpqxx-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+libpqxx
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libpqxx/template b/srcpkgs/libpqxx/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1d938f5a0d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libpqxx/template
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+# Template file for 'libpqxx'
+pkgname=libpqxx
+version=4.0.1
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-configure
+configure_args="--enable-shared"
+hostmakedepends="python postgresql-libs-devel"
+makedepends="postgresql-libs-devel"
+short_desc="C++ connector for PostgreSQL"
+maintainer="John Regan <john@jrjrtech.com>"
+license="BSD"
+homepage="http://pqxx.org/development/libpqxx"
+distfiles="http://pqxx.org/download/software/libpqxx/libpqxx-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=097ceda2797761ce517faa5bee186c883df1c407cb2aada613a16773afeedc38
+
+post_install() {
+	vlicense COPYING
+}
+
+libpqxx-devel_package() {
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
+	depends="${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/bin/pqxx-config
+		vmove usr/include
+		vmove usr/lib/*.a
+		vmove usr/lib/libpqxx.so
+		vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
+	}
+}