diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index 075b60bfcc3..1f3f9e24511 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -3118,6 +3118,7 @@ libdazzle-1.0.so.0 libdazzle-3.28.0_1
 libjsonrpc-glib-1.0.so.1 jsonrpc-glib-3.28.0_1
 libtemplate_glib-1.0.so.0 template-glib-3.28.0_1
 libeog.so eog-3.28.0_4
+ibfreexl.so.1 freexl-1.0.5_1
 libgeos-3.6.2.so geos-3.6.2_1
 libgeos_c.so.1 geos-3.6.2_1
 liboctave.so.4 octave-4.2.1_8
diff --git a/srcpkgs/freexl-devel b/srcpkgs/freexl-devel
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..9d61f85955d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/freexl-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+freexl
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/freexl/template b/srcpkgs/freexl/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0c3d7305238
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/freexl/template
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# Template file for 'freexl'
+pkgname=freexl
+version=1.0.5
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-configure
+short_desc="Library to extract valid data from within an Excel (.xls) spreadsheet"
+maintainer="Giuseppe Fierro <gspe@ae-design.ws>"
+license="MPL-1.1,GPL-2,LGPL-2.1"
+homepage="https://www.gaia-gis.it/fossil/freexl/index"
+distfiles="http://www.gaia-gis.it/gaia-sins/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=3dc9b150d218b0e280a3d6a41d93c1e45f4d7155829d75f1e5bf3e0b0de6750d
+
+freexl-devel_package() {
+	depends="${makedepends} ${sourcepkg}-${version}_${revision}"
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/include
+		vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.a"
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.so"
+	}
+}