diff --git a/srcpkgs/libheif-pixbuf-loader b/srcpkgs/libheif-pixbuf-loader
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..0dc6e8f9d47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libheif-pixbuf-loader
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+libheif
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libheif/template b/srcpkgs/libheif/template
index c4f83728e9b..abb88a7fa93 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libheif/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libheif/template
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@ version=1.20.1
 revision=1
 build_style=cmake
 configure_args="-DBUILD_TESTING=OFF"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
 makedepends="libjpeg-turbo-devel libpng-devel libde265-devel x265-devel
- libaom-devel"
+ libaom-devel gdk-pixbuf-devel"
 short_desc="ISO/IEC 23008-12:2017 HEIF file format decoder and encoder"
 maintainer="Orphaned <orphan@voidlinux.org>"
 license="LGPL-3.0-or-later"
@@ -33,3 +34,11 @@ libheif-tools_package() {
 		vmove usr/share/thumbnailers
 	}
 }
+
+libheif-pixbuf-loader_package() {
+	depends="${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
+	short_desc+=" - pixbuf loader"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove "usr/lib/gdk-pixbuf-2.0"
+	}
+}