diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index 56fda5b5b52..8e4709ffaf8 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -1878,4 +1878,4 @@ libphobos2-ldc.so.66 ldc-runtime-0.15.1_1
 libphobos2-ldc-debug.so.66 ldc-runtime-0.15.1_1
 libmarblewidget.so.19 libmarble-4.14.3_1
 libastro.so.1 libmarble-4.14.3_1
-
+libparrot.so.6.9.0 parrot-6.9.0_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/parrot/template b/srcpkgs/parrot/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d76973d08e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/parrot/template
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# Template build file for 'parrot'.
+pkgname=parrot
+version=6.9.0
+revision=1
+build_style=configure
+configure_args="--prefix=/usr --mandir=/usr/share"
+short_desc="virtual machine designed to compile and execute bytecode for dynamic languages"
+maintainer="pancake <pancake@nopcode.org>"
+homepage="http://www.parrot.org"
+hostmakedepends="perl>=5.20"
+configure_script="perl Configure.pl"
+license="Artistic"
+distfiles="ftp://ftp.parrot.org/pub/parrot/releases/supported/${version}/parrot-${version}.tar.bz2"
+checksum=ad5f3723c216675b9ebc2e3d3807d24fd13aa55e1eb3e7ffcad4062e0026f482