diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index 16dbb80884f..bcaa2e9c58a 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -2908,6 +2908,7 @@ libbaccats-sqlite3-9.0.4.so bacula-common-9.0.4_1
 libbaccats-postgresql-9.0.4.so bacula-common-postgresql-9.0.4_1
 libbaccats-mysql-9.0.4.so bacula-common-mariadb-9.0.4_1
 bpipe-fd.so bacula-fd-9.0.4_1
+libnftables.so.0 libnftables-0.8.4_1
 libsuperlu.so.5 superlu-5.2.1_1
 libgosu.so.0 gosu-0.12.0_1
 libyara.so.3 libyara-3.5.0_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libnftables b/srcpkgs/libnftables
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..bf1c9d6f612
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libnftables
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+nftables
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libnftables-devel b/srcpkgs/libnftables-devel
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..bf1c9d6f612
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libnftables-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+nftables
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/nftables/template b/srcpkgs/nftables/template
index 95af1b93d99..6ab4afce0d2 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/nftables/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/nftables/template
@@ -1,21 +1,35 @@
 # Template file for 'nftables'
 pkgname=nftables
-version=0.8.3
+version=0.8.4
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--sbindir=/usr/bin CONFIG_MAN=y DB2MAN=docbook2man"
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config docbook2x flex bison"
-makedepends="libnftnl-devel libmnl-devel gmp-devel readline-devel"
+hostmakedepends="docbook2x flex pkg-config"
+makedepends="gmp-devel libmnl-devel libnftnl-devel readline-devel"
 short_desc="Netfilter nftables userspace tools"
 maintainer="Leah Neukirchen <leah@vuxu.org>"
-license="GPL-2"
+license="GPL-2.0-only"
 homepage="http://netfilter.org/projects/nftables/"
 distfiles="http://www.netfilter.org/projects/${pkgname}/files/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.bz2"
-checksum=d16be1f5db88e95d29fc0b0e4df88acd079f3ee8e2b872ec7673f9a0d5d95e38
+checksum=ef372ee4592b07852f4cac233584ead7cbd08fa3041b2d3ff3d3590c8d76769f
 
-post_extract() {
-	sed -i '1i#include "config.h"' src/proto.c
-}
 post_install() {
-	vsv $pkgname
+	vsv nftables
+}
+
+libnftables_package() {
+	short_desc+=" - runtime libraries"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.so.*"
+	}
+}
+
+libnftables-devel_package() {
+	depends="libnftables-${version}_${revision}"
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.so"
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.a"
+	}
 }