diff --git a/srcpkgs/mpc-devel b/srcpkgs/mpc-devel
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..0f2c6d916dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/mpc-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+mpc
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/mpc/depends b/srcpkgs/mpc/depends
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f38abb5aa6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/mpc/depends
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+abi_depends=">=0.8.1"
+api_depends="${abi_depends}"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/mpc/mpc-devel.template b/srcpkgs/mpc/mpc-devel.template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..29f3c99336e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/mpc/mpc-devel.template
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# Template file for 'mpc-devel'.
+#
+short_desc="${sourcepkg} - development files"
+long_desc="${long_desc}
+
+ This package contains files for development: headers, static libs, etc."
+
+Add_dependency run gmp-devel
+Add_dependency run mpfr-devel
+Add_dependency run mpc
+
+do_install()
+{
+	mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib
+	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/include ${DESTDIR}/usr
+	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/lib/*.a ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib
+	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/lib/*.so ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib
+	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/share ${DESTDIR}/usr
+}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/mpc/template b/srcpkgs/mpc/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..dbd641f324e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/mpc/template
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# Template build file for 'mpc'
+pkgname=mpc
+version=0.8.1
+distfiles="http://www.multiprecision.org/mpc/download/mpc-$version.tar.gz"
+build_style=gnu_configure
+short_desc="C library for the arithmetic of complex numbers"
+maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
+checksum=e664603757251fd8a352848276497a4c79b7f8b21fd8aedd5cc0598a38fee3e4
+long_desc="
+ Mpc is a C library for the arithmetic of complex numbers with arbitrarily
+ high precision and correct rounding of the result. It is built upon and
+ follows the same principles as Mpfr."
+
+base_chroot=yes
+subpackages="mpc-devel"
+Add_dependency run glibc
+Add_dependency run gmp
+Add_dependency run mpfr
+Add_dependency build gmp-devel
+Add_dependency build mpfr-devel
diff --git a/xbps-src/common/mapping_shlib_binpkg.txt b/xbps-src/common/mapping_shlib_binpkg.txt
index db3cadddade..42a48d8e15e 100644
--- a/xbps-src/common/mapping_shlib_binpkg.txt
+++ b/xbps-src/common/mapping_shlib_binpkg.txt
@@ -601,3 +601,4 @@ libgvfscommon-dnssd.so		gvfs			gvfs-devel
 libnautilus-extension.so	nautilus		nautilus-devel
 libgdict-1.0.so			gnome-utils		gnome-utils-devel
 libgnomeui-2.so.0		libgnomeui		libgnomeui-devel
+libmpc.so			mpc			mpc-devel