diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index f5fd43dcca0..85c60d27074 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -484,6 +484,14 @@ libicudata.so.54 icu-libs-54.1_1
 libicutu.so.54 icu-libs-54.1_1
 libicuuc.so.54 icu-libs-54.1_1
 libicutest.so.54 icu-libs-54.1_1
+libiculx.so.55 icu55-libs-55.1_1
+libicule.so.55 icu55-libs-55.1_1
+libicuio.so.55 icu55-libs-55.1_1
+libicui18n.so.55 icu55-libs-55.1_1
+libicudata.so.55 icu55-libs-55.1_1
+libicutu.so.55 icu55-libs-55.1_1
+libicuuc.so.55 icu55-libs-55.1_1
+libicutest.so.55 icu55-libs-55.1_1
 libaspell.so.15 aspell-0.60_1
 libpspell.so.15 aspell-0.60_1
 libhunspell-1.2.so.0 hunspell-1.2.8_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/icu55-devel b/srcpkgs/icu55-devel
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..1b5f43c3e3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/icu55-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+icu55
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/icu55-libs b/srcpkgs/icu55-libs
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..1b5f43c3e3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/icu55-libs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+icu55
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/icu55/template b/srcpkgs/icu55/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..50cd129c15a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/icu55/template
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+# Template build file for 'icu55'.
+pkgname=icu55
+version=55.1
+revision=1
+wrksrc=icu
+build_wrksrc=source
+build_style=gnu-configure
+configure_args="--sbindir=/usr/bin"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
+short_desc="Robust and full-featured Unicode services"
+maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
+homepage="http://www.icu-project.org/"
+license="ICU License /usr/share/licenses/icu/license.html"
+distfiles="http://download.icu-project.org/files/icu4c/${version}/icu4c-${version//./_}-src.tgz"
+checksum=e16b22cbefdd354bec114541f7849a12f8fc2015320ca5282ee4fd787571457b
+
+if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
+	configure_args+=" --with-cross-build=${XBPS_BUILDDIR}/${wrksrc}/host-icu"
+fi
+
+pre_configure() {
+	if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
+		# Configure and build for host.
+		mkdir host-build
+		(
+		cd host-build
+		env CC=cc LD=ld CXX=g++ AR=ar RANLIB=ranlib \
+			AS=as STRIP=strip CFLAGS="-Os" CXXFLAGS="-Os" \
+			../configure --prefix=/
+		make ${makejobs}
+		mkdir -p ${wrksrc}/host-icu/config
+		cp config/icucross.* ${wrksrc}/host-icu/config
+		make DESTDIR=${wrksrc}/host-icu install
+		mv ${wrksrc}/host-icu/sbin/* ${wrksrc}/host-icu/bin
+		make distclean
+		)
+	fi
+
+	# libicudata must be linked to libc, otherwise it's soft-float on ARM.
+	# probably other stuff breaks too, so let's just do it.
+	# See https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=653457
+	sed -e 's,-nostdlib,,g' -i ${wrksrc}/source/config/mh-linux
+}
+
+post_install() {
+	vlicense $wrksrc/license.html
+}
+
+icu55-devel_package() {
+	depends="libstdc++-devel icu55-libs>=${version}_${revision}"
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/include
+		vmove usr/lib/icu
+		vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
+		vmove usr/share/icu
+		vmove usr/bin/icu-config
+		vmove "usr/share/man/man1/icu-config*"
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.so"
+	}
+}
+icu55-libs_package() {
+	short_desc+=" - shared libs"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.so.*"
+	}
+}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/icu55/update b/srcpkgs/icu55/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cbba24ead95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/icu55/update
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+site='http://site.icu-project.org/download'
+pattern='ICU4C-Download">\K[\d.]+'