diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index 78d35ddf27a..bd32f93f7e2 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -3480,3 +3480,4 @@ libfstrm.so.0 fstrm-0.5.0_1
 libknot.so.9 libknot-2.8.2_1
 libdnssec.so.7 libknot-2.8.2_1
 libzscanner.so.3 libknot-2.8.2_1
+libkres.so.9 knot-resolver-4.0.0_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/knot-resolver-devel b/srcpkgs/knot-resolver-devel
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..8359ccf785a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/knot-resolver-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+knot-resolver
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/knot-resolver/INSTALL b/srcpkgs/knot-resolver/INSTALL
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..04f76a74cf7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/knot-resolver/INSTALL
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+case ${ACTION} in
+post)
+	chown -R _knot_resolver:_knot_resolver var/lib/knot-resolver
+	;;
+esac
+
diff --git a/srcpkgs/knot-resolver/files/kresd/run b/srcpkgs/knot-resolver/files/kresd/run
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7134f8c2c1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/knot-resolver/files/kresd/run
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+[ -r ./conf ] && . ./conf
+install -d -m0755 -o _knot-resolver -g _knot-resolver /run/knot-resolver
+exec kresd ${OPTS:--f 1}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/knot-resolver/template b/srcpkgs/knot-resolver/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a0ff21020aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/knot-resolver/template
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+# Template file for 'knot-resolver'
+pkgname=knot-resolver
+version=4.0.0
+revision=1
+build_style=meson
+configure_args="
+ -Dclient=enabled
+ -Dgroup=_knot_resolver
+ -Duser=_knot_resolver
+ -Dkeyfile_default=/var/lib/knot-resolver/root.keys
+ -Droot_hints=/var/lib/knot-resolver/root.hints"
+hostmakedepends="meson pkg-config protobuf-c"
+makedepends="LuaJIT-devel fstrm-devel gnutls-devel libedit-devel libknot-devel
+libuv-devel lmdb-devel protobuf-c-devel"
+short_desc="Full caching DNS resolver implementation"
+maintainer="Duncaen <duncaen@voidlinux.org>"
+license="GPL-3.0-or-later"
+homepage="https://www.knot-resolver.cz/"
+distfiles="https://secure.nic.cz/files/knot-resolver/knot-resolver-${version}.tar.xz"
+checksum=37161d931e64535ce38c33b9635f06a43cd1541945bf2c79a55e37f230de1631
+
+system_accounts="_knot_resolver"
+_knot_resolver_homedir="/var/cache/knot-resolver"
+
+mutable_files="
+ /var/lib/knot-resolver/root.hints
+ /var/lib/knot-resolver/root.keys"
+
+conf_files="
+ /etc/knot-resolver/kresd.conf"
+
+post_install() {
+	vinstall etc/root.hints 644 var/lib/knot-resolver
+	vinstall etc/root.keys 644 var/lib/knot-resolver
+	vsv kresd
+}
+
+knot-resolver-devel_package() {
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
+	depends="${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/include
+		vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.so"
+	}
+}