diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index 2d30f925a38..eb762a430e8 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -2582,3 +2582,4 @@ libforms.so.2 xforms-1.2.4_2
 libflimage.so.2 xforms-1.2.4_2
 libutilspp.so.0 curlpp-0.7.3_2
 libcurlpp.so.0 curlpp-0.7.3_2
+libtcd.so.1 libtcd-2.2.7.r2_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libtcd-devel b/srcpkgs/libtcd-devel
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..6e3a1960343
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libtcd-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+libtcd
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libtcd/template b/srcpkgs/libtcd/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..914365cce96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libtcd/template
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# Template file for 'libtcd'
+_distver=2.2.7
+_distrev=r2
+
+pkgname=libtcd
+version=${_distver}.${_distrev}
+revision=1
+wrksrc="${pkgname}-${_distver}"
+build_style=gnu-configure
+short_desc="API for reading and writing Tide Constituent Database (TCD) files"
+maintainer="Richard Taityr <dicktyr@yahoo.co.uk>"
+license="Public Domain"
+homepage="http://www.flaterco.com/xtide/files.html#libtcd"
+distfiles="ftp://ftp.flaterco.com/xtide/${pkgname}-${_distver}-${_distrev}.tar.bz2"
+checksum=aff1f218b84106c572d094912cd11c828e1ea212db5661cdcc0e2e6253020a94
+
+libtcd-devel_package() {
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
+	depends="${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/include
+		vmove usr/lib/*.a
+		vmove usr/lib/*.so
+	}
+}