diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index 861e45aa83b..70954cd953a 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ libcddgmp.so.0 cddlib-0.94m_1
 libcdd.so.0 cddlib-0.94m_1
 libcowsql.so.0 cowsql-1.15.4_1
 libz.so.1 zlib-1.2.3_1
+libz-ng.so.2 zlib-ng-2.2.4_1
 libb2.so.1 libb2-0.98.1_1
 libbz2.so.1 bzip2-1.0.5_1
 libarchive.so.13 libarchive-3.5.1_2
diff --git a/srcpkgs/zlib-ng-devel b/srcpkgs/zlib-ng-devel
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..65f4ecb07e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/zlib-ng-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+zlib-ng
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/zlib-ng/template b/srcpkgs/zlib-ng/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cc10568de76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/zlib-ng/template
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# Template file for 'zlib-ng'
+pkgname=zlib-ng
+version=2.2.4
+revision=1
+build_style=cmake
+configure_args="-DZLIB_COMPAT=OFF"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
+makedepends="gtest-devel"
+short_desc="Zlib replacement with optimizations for next generation systems"
+maintainer="oreo639 <oreo6391@gmail.com>"
+license="Zlib"
+homepage="https://github.com/zlib-ng/zlib-ng"
+distfiles="https://github.com/zlib-ng/zlib-ng/archive/refs/tags/${version}/zlib-ng-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=a73343c3093e5cdc50d9377997c3815b878fd110bf6511c2c7759f2afb90f5a3
+
+zlib-ng-devel_package() {
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
+	depends="${sourcepkg}-${version}_${revision}"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/include
+		vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.a"
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.so"
+	}
+}