diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index ddf2f39d8b9..7e9850b5c01 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ libncurses.so.6 ncurses-libs-6.0_1 ignore
 libncursesw.so.6 ncurses-libs-5.8_1 ignore
 libtinfo.so.6 ncurses-libtinfo-libs-6.2_2
 libt3config.so.0 libt3config-1.0.0_1
+libt3highlight.so.2 libt3highlight-0.5.0_1
 libnetcdf.so.15 netcdf-4.7.0_1
 libformw.so.6 ncurses-libs-5.8_1 ignore
 libfplll.so.7 fplll-5.4.1_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libt3highlight-devel b/srcpkgs/libt3highlight-devel
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..6d8a9edfdf3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libt3highlight-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+libt3highlight
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libt3highlight/template b/srcpkgs/libt3highlight/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c50eb8f7b01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libt3highlight/template
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Template file for 'libt3highlight'
+pkgname=libt3highlight
+version=0.5.0
+revision=1
+build_style=configure
+configure_args="--prefix=/usr"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config gettext"
+makedepends="libtool gettext-devel pcre2-devel libt3config-devel"
+short_desc="Tilde Terminal Toolkit's library for syntax highlighting"
+maintainer="Andrew Benson <abenson+void@gmail.com>"
+license="GPL-3.0-or-later"
+homepage="https://os.ghalkes.nl/t3/libt3highlight.html"
+distfiles="https://os.ghalkes.nl/dist/libt3highlight-${version}.tar.bz2"
+checksum=8216190785e52a116f9f78ec6513815745904c2aaf70d0a0a09438e08640dfbb
+
+export LIBTOOL=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/bin/libtool
+
+libt3highlight-devel_package() {
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
+	depends="${makedepends} ${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/include
+		vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.so"
+	}
+}