diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index 4313c6fc225..eae1c68eb9b 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -481,6 +481,7 @@ libicutest.so.59 icu-libs-59.1_1
 libaspell.so.15 aspell-0.60_1
 libpspell.so.15 aspell-0.60_1
 libenchant.so.1 enchant-1.4.2_1
+libenchant-2.so.2 enchant2-2.2.3_1
 libgconf-2.so.4 GConf-2.32.0_1
 libsoup-2.4.so.1 libsoup-2.34.0_1
 libsoup-gnome-2.4.so.1 libsoup-gnome-2.34.0_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/enchant2-devel b/srcpkgs/enchant2-devel
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..de6f1dfe3ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/enchant2-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+enchant2
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/enchant2/template b/srcpkgs/enchant2/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7c256aee115
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/enchant2/template
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Template file for 'enchant2'
+pkgname=enchant2
+version=2.2.3
+revision=1
+wrksrc="enchant-${version}"
+build_style=gnu-configure
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
+makedepends="glib-devel hunspell-devel"
+short_desc="Generic spell checking library"
+license="LGPL-2.1-or-later"
+maintainer="maxice8 <thinkabit.ukim@gmail.com>"
+homepage="https://abiword.github.io/enchant/"
+distfiles="https://github.com/AbiWord/enchant/releases/download/v${version}/enchant-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=abd8e915675cff54c0d4da5029d95c528362266557c61c7149d53fa069b8076d
+
+enchant2-devel_package() {
+	depends="${makedepends} ${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/include
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.a"
+		vmove "usr/lib/enchant-2/*.a"
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.so"
+		vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
+	}
+}