diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index 6777f9ce784..467ce4b8858 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ librsvg-2.so.2 librsvg-2.26.0_1
 libdbus-1.so.3 dbus-libs-1.2.10_1
 libdbus-glib-1.so.2 dbus-glib-0.80_1
 libxml2.so.2 libxml2-2.7.0_1
+libxlsxwriter.so.0 libxlsxwriter-0.7.7_1
 libfuse.so.2 fuse-2.8.1_1
 libfuse3.so.3 fuse3-3.1.0_1
 libXext.so.6 libXext-1.0.5_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libxlsxwriter-devel b/srcpkgs/libxlsxwriter-devel
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..07cf84f6070
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libxlsxwriter-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+libxlsxwriter
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libxlsxwriter/template b/srcpkgs/libxlsxwriter/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0d914e6d540
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libxlsxwriter/template
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+# Template file for 'libxlsxwriter'
+pkgname=libxlsxwriter
+version=0.7.7
+revision=1
+build_style=cmake
+configure_args="-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON"
+wrksrc="${pkgname}-RELEASE_${version}"
+makedepends="zlib-devel"
+short_desc="Library for creating Excel XLSX files"
+maintainer="Andrew Benson <abenson+void@gmail.com>"
+license="BSD-2-Clause"
+homepage="https://libxlsxwriter.github.io/"
+distfiles="https://github.com/jmcnamara/libxlsxwriter/archive/RELEASE_${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=cce28d1a7e7887b105c7b0fd20b7be84f62070569f7a28e7779ceaec6be3847b
+
+pre_configure() {
+	sed -i "/^add_library/a set_target_properties(\${PROJECT_NAME}      \
+	 PROPERTIES VERSION ${version} SOVERSION ${version%%.*})"            \
+	 CMakeLists.txt
+}
+
+post_install() {
+	vlicense License.txt
+}
+
+libxlsxwriter-devel_package() {
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
+	depends="${makedepends} ${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/include
+		vmove "/usr/lib/*.so"
+	}
+}