diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index 28944e06b3e..c5a39b4c6a0 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -3421,3 +3421,4 @@ libqmdnsengine.so.0 qmdnsengine-0.1.0_1
 libyang.so.0.16 libyang-0.16r3_1
 libhtp.so.2 libhtp-0.5.30_1
 libgedit-3.14.so gedit-3.32.0_1
+libchewing.so.3 libchewing-0.5.1_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libchewing-devel b/srcpkgs/libchewing-devel
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..5ea20a615bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libchewing-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+libchewing
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libchewing/template b/srcpkgs/libchewing/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..53421e7a1e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libchewing/template
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# Template file for 'libchewing'
+pkgname=libchewing
+version=0.5.1
+revision=1
+build_style=cmake
+makedepends="sqlite-devel"
+short_desc="Intelligent phonetic (Zhuyin/Bopomofo) input method"
+maintainer="Robert Stancil <robert.stancil@mavs.uta.edu>"
+license="LGPL-2.1-only"
+homepage="http://chewing.im/"
+distfiles="https://github.com/chewing/libchewing/releases/download/v${version}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.bz2"
+checksum=9708c63415fa6034435c0f38100e7d30d0e1bac927f67bec6dfeb3fef016172b
+nocross="/builddir/libchewing-0.5.1/build/src/tools/init_database: cannot execute binary file"
+
+libchewing-devel_package() {
+	depends="libchewing>=${version}_${revision}"
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/include
+		vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.a"
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.so"
+		vmove usr/share
+	}
+}