diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index 9712cbc1262..82ede873858 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -875,8 +875,8 @@ libcogl-gst.so.20 cogl-1.18.0_1
 libcogl-gles2.so.20 cogl-1.18.0_1
 libcogl-path.so.20 cogl-1.18.0_1
 libp11-kit.so.0 p11-kit-0.7_1
-librest-0.7.so.0 rest-0.7_1
-librest-extras-0.7.so.0 rest-0.7_1
+librest-0.7.so.0 rest0-0.8.1_1
+librest-extras-0.7.so.0 rest0-0.8.1_1
 libgoa-1.0.so.0 gnome-online-accounts-3.2.0_1
 libgoa-backend-1.0.so.1 gnome-online-accounts-3.10.0_1
 liboauth.so.0 liboauth-0.9.4_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/rest0-devel b/srcpkgs/rest0-devel
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..57e62aa9239
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/rest0-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+rest0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/rest0/template b/srcpkgs/rest0/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ee090d9e6d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/rest0/template
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+# Template file for 'rest0'
+pkgname=rest0
+version=0.8.1
+revision=1
+wrksrc="rest-${version}"
+build_style=gnu-configure
+build_helper="gir"
+configure_args="$(vopt_enable gir introspection) --disable-static
+ --with-ca-certificates=/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt"
+hostmakedepends="automake perl m4 libtool pkg-config glib-devel gtk-doc"
+makedepends="libglib-devel libsoup-gnome-devel libxml2-devel"
+depends="ca-certificates"
+short_desc="RESTful library"
+maintainer="Orphaned <orphan@voidlinux.org>"
+license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
+homepage="https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/librest"
+changelog="https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/librest/-/raw/master/NEWS"
+distfiles="${GNOME_SITE}/rest/${version%.*}/rest-${version}.tar.xz"
+checksum=0513aad38e5d3cedd4ae3c551634e3be1b9baaa79775e53b2dba9456f15b01c9
+
+# Package build options
+build_options="gir"
+build_options_default="gir"
+
+pre_configure() {
+	autoreconf -fi
+}
+
+rest0-devel_package() {
+	depends="${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision} libglib-devel libsoup-devel
+	 libxml2-devel"
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/include
+		vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
+		vmove usr/share/gtk-doc
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.so"
+		if [ "$build_option_gir" ]; then
+			vmove usr/share/gir-1.0
+		fi
+	}
+}