diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index fbc5c4298af..4eccda4abd1 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -2159,3 +2159,5 @@ libmemcachedutil.so.2 libmemcached-1.0.18_1
 libc-client.so.1 c-client-2007f_1
 libonig.so.2 oniguruma-5.9.6_1
 liblo10k1.so.0 alsa-tools-1.0.29_1
+libgflags.so.2 gflags-2.1.2_1
+libgflags_nothreads.so.2 gflags-2.1.2_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/gflags-devel b/srcpkgs/gflags-devel
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..1004c4ce88b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/gflags-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+gflags/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/gflags/template b/srcpkgs/gflags/template
index 8e364c26c98..2c3822a6e41 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gflags/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gflags/template
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 # Template file for 'gflags'
 pkgname=gflags
 version=2.1.2
-revision=1
+revision=2
 build_style=cmake
+configure_args=" -DBUILD_STATIC_LIBS=ON -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON -DBUILD_TESTING=ON"
 hostmakedepends="cmake"
 short_desc="A C++ library that implements commandline flags processing"
 maintainer="Diogo Leal <diogo@diogoleal.com>"
@@ -11,9 +12,20 @@ homepage="http://gflags.github.io/gflags"
 distfiles="https://github.com/gflags/gflags/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=d8331bd0f7367c8afd5fcb5f5e85e96868a00fd24b7276fa5fcee1e5575c2662
 
-post_install(){
+post_install() {
 	vlicense COPYING.txt
 	vdoc ChangeLog.txt
 	vdoc README.md
 }
 
+gflags-devel_package() {
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
+	depends="${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/include
+		vmove usr/lib/cmake
+		vmove usr/lib/*.a
+		vmove usr/lib/*.so
+	}
+}
+