diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index 265ae21f0bc..6eddee13b87 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -1374,6 +1374,8 @@ libkgapi2.so.2 libkgapi-2.0.1_1
 libqoauth.so.2 qoauth-qt5-2.0.0_1
 libIrrlicht.so.1.8 irrlicht-1.8_1
 libsnappy.so.1 snappy-1.1.0_1
+libbenchmark.so.0 benchmark-1.5.3_1
+libbenchmark_main.so.0 benchmark-1.5.3_1
 libKF5Torrent.so.6 libktorrent-2.1_1
 libvncserver.so.1 libvncserver-0.9.13_2
 libvncclient.so.1 libvncserver-0.9.13_2
diff --git a/srcpkgs/benchmark-devel b/srcpkgs/benchmark-devel
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..b26bca2dd54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/benchmark-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+benchmark
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/benchmark/template b/srcpkgs/benchmark/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..67e78a25662
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/benchmark/template
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# Template file for 'benchmark'
+pkgname=benchmark
+version=1.5.3
+revision=1
+build_style=cmake
+configure_args="-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON -DBENCHMARK_ENABLE_GTEST_TESTS=OFF
+ -DBENCHMARK_DOWNLOAD_DEPENDENCIES=OFF"
+short_desc="Microbenchmark support library"
+maintainer="skmpz <dem.procopiou@gmail.com>"
+license="Apache-2.0"
+homepage="https://github.com/google/benchmark/"
+distfiles="https://github.com/google/benchmark/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=e4fbb85eec69e6668ad397ec71a3a3ab165903abe98a8327db920b94508f720e
+
+benchmark-devel_package() {
+	depends="${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/include
+		vmove usr/lib/cmake
+		vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.so"
+	}
+}