diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index f96c93b5aa9..5df47833aa0 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -3316,3 +3316,4 @@ libcotp.so.12 libcotp-1.2.1_1
 libunarr.so.1 libunarr-1.0.1_1
 libretro-gtk-0.14.so.0 retro-gtk-0.16.0_1
 libmanette-0.2.so.0 libmanette-0.2.1_1
+libfmt.so.5 fmt-5.2.1_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/fmt-devel b/srcpkgs/fmt-devel
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..d256c0a121a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/fmt-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+fmt
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/fmt/patches/add-pkg-config-file.patch b/srcpkgs/fmt/patches/add-pkg-config-file.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ada67660175
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/fmt/patches/add-pkg-config-file.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+From 57ae5189351665715c98b3b6ca8595b30d83033f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Cole Mickens <cole.mickens@gmail.com>
+Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2018 01:33:22 -0700
+Subject: [PATCH] cmake: output share/fmt.pc
+
+---
+ CMakeLists.txt          |  9 +++++++++
+ support/cmake/fmt.pc.in | 11 +++++++++++
+ 3 files changed, 20 insertions(+)
+ create mode 100644 support/cmake/fmt.pc.in
+
+diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
+index 7cf74829..d1bc9558 100644
+--- CMakeLists.txt
++++ CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -202,6 +202,7 @@ if (FMT_INSTALL)
+     "Installation directory for cmake files, relative to ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}.")
+   set(version_config ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/fmt-config-version.cmake)
+   set(project_config ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/fmt-config.cmake)
++  set(pkgconfig ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/fmt.pc)
+   set(targets_export_name fmt-targets)
+ 
+   set (INSTALL_TARGETS fmt)
+@@ -215,11 +216,18 @@ if (FMT_INSTALL)
+   set(FMT_INC_DIR ${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}/fmt CACHE STRING
+       "Installation directory for include files, relative to ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}.")
+ 
++  set(FMT_PKGCONFIG_DIR "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/share/pkgconfig" CACHE PATH
++    "Installation directory for pkgconfig (.pc) files, relative to ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}.")
++
+   # Generate the version, config and target files into the build directory.
+   write_basic_package_version_file(
+     ${version_config}
+     VERSION ${FMT_VERSION}
+     COMPATIBILITY AnyNewerVersion)
++  configure_file(
++    "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/support/cmake/fmt.pc.in"
++    "${pkgconfig}"
++    @ONLY)
+   configure_package_config_file(
+     ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/support/cmake/fmt-config.cmake.in
+     ${project_config}
+@@ -240,6 +248,7 @@ if (FMT_INSTALL)
+   install(TARGETS ${INSTALL_TARGETS} EXPORT ${targets_export_name}
+           DESTINATION ${FMT_LIB_DIR})
+   install(FILES ${FMT_HEADERS} DESTINATION ${FMT_INC_DIR})
++  install(FILES "${pkgconfig}" DESTINATION "${FMT_PKGCONFIG_DIR}")
+ endif ()
+ 
+ if (FMT_DOC)
+diff --git a/support/cmake/fmt.pc.in b/support/cmake/fmt.pc.in
+new file mode 100644
+index 00000000..4b82ddb0
+--- /dev/null
++++ support/cmake/fmt.pc.in
+@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
++prefix=@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@
++exec_prefix=@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@
++libdir=@CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR@
++includedir=@CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR@
++
++Name: fmt
++Description: A modern formatting library
++Version: @FMT_VERSION@
++Libs: -L${libdir} -lfmt
++Cflags: -I${includedir}
++
+
diff --git a/srcpkgs/fmt/template b/srcpkgs/fmt/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e6b4c1287ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/fmt/template
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# Template file for 'fmt'
+pkgname=fmt
+version=5.2.1
+revision=1
+build_style=cmake
+configure_args="-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON"
+short_desc="Modern formatting library"
+maintainer="maxice8 <thinkabit.ukim@gmail.com>"
+license="BSD-2-Clause"
+homepage="https://github.com/fmtlib/fmt"
+distfiles="https://github.com/fmtlib/fmt/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=3c812a18e9f72a88631ab4732a97ce9ef5bcbefb3235e9fd465f059ba204359b
+
+post_install() {
+	vlicense LICENSE.rst
+}
+
+fmt-devel_package() {
+	depends="fmt-${version}_${revision}"
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/include
+		vmove usr/share/pkgconfig
+		vmove usr/lib/cmake
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.so"
+	}
+}