diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index 377702a315b..142d4ba70a9 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -1202,3 +1202,4 @@ libbcm_host.so rpi-firmware-20130228_1
 libopenmaxil.so rpi-firmware-20130228_1
 libvchiq_arm.so rpi-firmware-20130228_1
 libvcos.so rpi-firmware-20130228_1
+liblockdev.so.1 lockdev-1.0.3_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/lockdev-devel b/srcpkgs/lockdev-devel
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..21608b23292
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/lockdev-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+lockdev
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/lockdev/lockdev-devel.template b/srcpkgs/lockdev/lockdev-devel.template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..145eed499a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/lockdev/lockdev-devel.template
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# Template file for 'lockdev-devel'.
+#
+depends="lockdev>=$version"
+short_desc="${short_desc} -- development files"
+
+do_install() {
+	vmove usr/include usr
+	vmove "usr/lib/*.a" usr/lib
+	vmove usr/share usr
+}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/lockdev/template b/srcpkgs/lockdev/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..957d68cd97a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/lockdev/template
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# Template file for 'lockdev'
+pkgname=lockdev
+version=1.0.3
+revision=1
+subpackages="${pkgname}-devel"
+short_desc="Run-time shared library for locking devices"
+maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
+homepage="http://packages.qa.debian.org/l/lockdev.html"
+license="LGPL-2.1"
+distfiles="${DEBIAN_SITE}/main/l/${pkgname}/${pkgname}_${version}.orig.tar.gz"
+checksum=ccae635d7ac3fdd50897eceb250872b3d9a191d298f213e7f0c836910d869f82
+long_desc="
+ It provides a reliable way to put an exclusive lock to devices using
+ _both_ FSSTND and SVr4 methods."
+
+do_build() {
+	make shared CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} -D_PATH_LOCK=\\\"/run/lock/lockdev\\\" -fPIC"
+	make static CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} -D_PATH_LOCK=\\\"/run/lock/lockdev\\\" -fPIC"
+}
+
+do_install() {
+	make basedir=${DESTDIR}/usr install
+	for f in so so.1; do
+		ln -sr ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/liblockdev.${version}.so \
+			${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/liblockdev.${f}
+	done
+}