diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index c9b1418e61a..0c2898c0651 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -826,6 +826,7 @@ libmission-control-plugins.so.0 telepathy-mission-control-5.9.2_1
 libclutter-gtk-1.0.so.0 clutter-gtk-1.1.2_1
 libchamplain-0.12.so.0 libchamplain-0.12.5_2
 libchamplain-gtk-0.12.so.0 libchamplain-0.12.5_2
+libvpx.so.5 libvpx5-1.7.0_1
 libvpx.so.6 libvpx6-1.8.0_1
 libXevie.so.1 libXevie-1.0.2_1
 libatspi.so.0 at-spi2-core-1.91.91_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libvpx5-devel b/srcpkgs/libvpx5-devel
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..f159c769e6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libvpx5-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+libvpx5
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libvpx5/template b/srcpkgs/libvpx5/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..036efd2eeaa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libvpx5/template
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+# Template file for 'libvpx5'
+pkgname=libvpx5
+version=1.7.0
+revision=1
+wrksrc=libvpx-${version}
+hostmakedepends="perl yasm"
+short_desc="VP8 and VP9 video codec (1.7 series)"
+maintainer="q66 <daniel@octaforge.org>"
+license="BSD-3-Clause-Clear"
+homepage="http://www.webmproject.org"
+distfiles="https://github.com/webmproject/libvpx/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=1fec931eb5c94279ad219a5b6e0202358e94a93a90cfb1603578c326abfc1238
+
+do_configure() {
+	export LD="$CC"
+
+	if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
+		case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
+			aarch64*) _cross="--target=arm64-linux-gcc";;
+			armv7*) _cross="--target=armv7-linux-gcc";;
+			*) _cross="--target=generic-gnu";;
+		esac
+	fi
+	CFLAGS+=" -fPIC"
+
+	./configure --enable-vp8 --enable-vp9 --disable-tools \
+		--disable-examples --disable-docs --enable-experimental \
+		--enable-runtime-cpu-detect --enable-shared \
+		--enable-postproc --enable-pic --disable-install-docs \
+		--disable-install-srcs --disable-install-bins --as=yasm ${_cross}
+}
+
+do_build() {
+	make ${makejobs}
+}
+
+do_install() {
+	make DIST_DIR=${DESTDIR}/usr install
+	vlicense LICENSE
+}
+
+libvpx5-devel_package() {
+	depends="libvpx5>=${version}_${revision}"
+	conflicts="libvpx-devel>=0"
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/include
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.a"
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.so"
+		vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
+	}
+}