diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index 5d5c7ef58dd..d030725940c 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ libppl.so.14 ppl-1.2_1
 libppl_c.so.4 ppl-0.11_1
 libstdc++.so.6 libstdc++-4.4.0_1
 libssp.so.0 libssp-4.4.0_1
+libcxsparse.so.3 SuiteSparse-5.10.1_1
 libncurses.so.6 ncurses-libs-6.0_1 ignore
 libncursesw.so.6 ncurses-libs-5.8_1 ignore
 libtinfo.so.6 ncurses-libtinfo-libs-6.2_2
diff --git a/srcpkgs/SuiteSparse-devel b/srcpkgs/SuiteSparse-devel
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..cfb45e420a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/SuiteSparse-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+SuiteSparse
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/SuiteSparse/template b/srcpkgs/SuiteSparse/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..23f75ff6dd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/SuiteSparse/template
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+# Template file for 'SuiteSparse'
+pkgname=SuiteSparse
+version=5.10.1
+revision=1
+make_build_args="BLAS=-lblas LAPACK=-llapack TBB=-ltbb SPQR_CONFIG=-DHAVE_TBB"
+hostmakedepends="cmake chrpath"
+makedepends="tbb-devel libgomp-devel lapack-devel mpfr-devel"
+short_desc="Suite of sparse matrix software"
+maintainer="Gonzalo Tornaría <tornaria@cmat.edu.uy>"
+license="custom:multiple"
+homepage="https://people.engr.tamu.edu/davis/suitesparse.html"
+distfiles="https://github.com/DrTimothyAldenDavis/SuiteSparse/archive/refs/tags/v${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=acb4d1045f48a237e70294b950153e48dce5b5f9ca8190e86c2b8c54ce00a7ee
+
+do_build() {
+	make config library $make_build_args JOBS=$XBPS_MAKEJOBS
+}
+
+do_check() {
+	make go $make_build_args LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$wrksrc/lib JOBS=$XBPS_MAKEJOBS
+}
+
+do_install() {
+	make install $make_build_args INSTALL=$DESTDIR/usr
+	vlicense LICENSE.txt
+
+	# remove invalid rpath
+	chrpath -d $DESTDIR/usr/lib/lib*.so
+}
+
+SuiteSparse-devel_package() {
+	depends="${makedepends} ${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/include
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.a"
+		# do not vmove libmetis.so
+		vmove "usr/lib/lib[a-ln-z]*.so"
+		vmove "usr/lib/libmo*.so"
+		vmove usr/share/doc
+	}
+}