diff --git a/templates/udev-glib b/templates/udev-glib
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..b95ad750c43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/udev-glib
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+udev
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/templates/udev/glib.template b/templates/udev/glib.template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c60e4c05134
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/udev/glib.template
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# Template file for 'udev-glib'.
+#
+short_desc="${short_desc} (glib bindings)"
+long_desc="${long_desc}
+
+ This package contains libgudev, a library to interact with udev through
+ the GLib bindings."
+
+Add_dependency run udev
+Add_dependency run glib
+
+do_install()
+{
+	mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}/lib
+	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/lib/libgudev* ${DESTDIR}/lib
+}
diff --git a/templates/udev/template b/templates/udev/template
index a9c965abe53..5559c8e77d5 100644
--- a/templates/udev/template
+++ b/templates/udev/template
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'udev'
 pkgname=udev
 version=145
+revision=1
 distfiles="${KERNEL_SITE}/utils/kernel/hotplug/udev-${version}.tar.bz2"
 build_style=gnu_configure
 configure_args="--exec-prefix= --without-selinux --libexecdir=/lib/udev
@@ -14,15 +15,15 @@ long_desc="
 
 openrc_services="udev sysinit"
 conf_files="/etc/udev/udev.conf"
-subpackages="devel"
+subpackages="devel glib"
 
 Add_dependency full glibc
 Add_dependency full procps
 Add_dependency full libblkid
-Add_dependency full glib
 Add_dependency full acl
 Add_dependency full usbutils 0.82
 Add_dependency full pciutils
+Add_dependency build glib
 Add_dependency build gperf
 
 post_install()
@@ -35,18 +36,6 @@ post_install()
 		rm ${DESTDIR}/lib/udev/rules.d/40-${f}.rules
 	done
 
-	# Create some devices that are needed by the initramfs.
-	install -d $DESTDIR/lib/firmware
-	install -d $DESTDIR/lib/udev/devices/pts
-	install -d $DESTDIR/lib/udev/devices/shm
-	mknod -m0666 $DESTDIR/lib/udev/devices/null c 1 3
-	mknod -m0600 $DESTDIR/lib/udev/devices/kmsg c 1 11
-	ln -s /proc/self/fd $DESTDIR/lib/udev/devices/fd
-	ln -s /proc/self/fd/0 $DESTDIR/lib/udev/devices/stdin
-	ln -s /proc/self/fd/1 $DESTDIR/lib/udev/devices/stdout
-	ln -s /proc/self/fd/2 $DESTDIR/lib/udev/devices/stderr
-	ln -s /proc/kcore $DESTDIR/lib/udev/devices/core
-
 	# Install the OpenRC service
 	install -D -m755 ${FILESDIR}/udev.rc ${DESTDIR}/etc/init.d/udev