diff --git a/srcpkgs/postgresql16-libs-devel b/srcpkgs/postgresql16-libs-devel
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..2caa22354d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/postgresql16-libs-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+postgresql16
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/postgresql16/template b/srcpkgs/postgresql16/template
index fcf44a12d8b..7b16d9f3cb2 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/postgresql16/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/postgresql16/template
@@ -127,25 +127,20 @@ postgresql16-doc_package() {
 	}
 }
 
-postgresql-libs_package() {
-	short_desc="PostgreSQL shared libraries"
-	conflicts="postgresql9.6-libs>=0 postgresql12-libs>=0 postgresql13-libs>=0 postgresql14-libs>=0 postgresql15-libs>=0"
+postgresql16-libs-devel_package() {
+	depends="postgresql-libs>=${version}_${revision} openssl-devel"
+	short_desc="PostgreSQL shared libraries (development files)"
+	conflicts="postgresql9.6-libs-devel>=0 postgresql12-libs-devel>=0 postgresql13-libs-devel>=0 postgresql14-libs-devel>=0 postgresql15-libs-devel>=0"
 	pkg_install() {
+		# postgresql-libs
 		vmove "${_prefix}/lib/*.so*"
 		for d in $(find ${DESTDIR}/${_prefix}/share/locale \
 		    -type f -name libpq5\*); do
 			mkdir -p ${PKGDESTDIR}/$(dirname ${d#${DESTDIR}})
 			mv ${d} ${PKGDESTDIR}/$(dirname ${d#${DESTDIR}})
 		done
-		mv ${PKGDESTDIR}/${_prefix}/lib/* ${PKGDESTDIR}/usr/lib
-	}
-}
-
-postgresql-libs-devel_package() {
-	depends="postgresql-libs>=${version}_${revision} openssl-devel"
-	short_desc="PostgreSQL shared libraries (development files)"
-	conflicts="postgresql9.6-libs-devel>=0 postgresql12-libs-devel>=0 postgresql13-libs-devel>=0 postgresql14-libs-devel>=0 postgresql15-libs-devel>=0"
-	pkg_install() {
+		rm -r ${PKGDESTDIR}/${_prefix}
+		# postgresql-libs-devel
 		vmkdir usr/bin
 		vmkdir usr/lib
 		for f in pg_config ecpg; do