diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index 84beadde0cf..7d00fddfc91 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -2461,3 +2461,4 @@ libR.so R-3.3.0_2
 libmarkdown.so.2 discount-2.2.0_3
 libkeystone.so.0 keystone-0.9_1
 libmate-slab.so.0 libmate-control-center-1.14.0_2
+libuev.so.1 libuev-1.4.2_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libuev-devel b/srcpkgs/libuev-devel
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..b26bd9fe50e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libuev-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+libuev
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libuev/template b/srcpkgs/libuev/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5089e242665
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libuev/template
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+# Template file for 'libuev'
+pkgname=libuev
+version=1.4.2
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-configure
+hostmakedepends="automake libtool"
+short_desc="Lightweight event loop library"
+maintainer="Duncaen <duncaen@voidlinux.eu>"
+license="MIT"
+homepage="https://github.com/troglobit/libuev"
+distfiles="https://github.com/troglobit/libuev/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=a4100bcf31f6d296ed23d52a638b0b7c0858e5346800ff0d4722b62bc95024d5
+
+pre_configure() {
+	./autogen.sh
+}
+
+post_install() {
+	vlicense LICENSE
+	rm -f ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/doc/libuev/LICENSE
+}
+
+libuev-devel_package() {
+	depends="${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/include
+		vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
+		vmove usr/share/doc
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.a"
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.so"
+	}
+}