diff --git a/srcpkgs/gmime-devel b/srcpkgs/gmime-devel
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..4173041bbe7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/gmime-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+gmime
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/gmime/depends b/srcpkgs/gmime/depends
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..40c67539942
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/gmime/depends
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+abi_depends=">=2.4.19"
+api_depends="${abi_depends}"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/gmime/gmime-devel.template b/srcpkgs/gmime/gmime-devel.template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e1b89f8305b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/gmime/gmime-devel.template
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# Template file for 'gmime-devel'.
+#
+short_desc="${short_desc} - development files"
+long_desc="${long_desc}
+
+ This package contains files for development, headers, static libs, etc."
+
+Add_dependency run pkg-config
+Add_dependency run glib-devel
+Add_dependency run zlib-devel
+Add_dependency run gmime
+
+do_install()
+{
+	mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}/usr/{lib,share}
+	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/include ${DESTDIR}/usr
+	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/lib/lib*.a ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib
+	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/lib/pkgconfig ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib
+	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/share/gtk-doc ${DESTDIR}/usr/share
+}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/gmime/template b/srcpkgs/gmime/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7bc265a1f8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/gmime/template
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+# Template file for 'gmime'
+pkgname=gmime
+version=2.4.19
+distfiles="${GNOME_SITE}/$pkgname/2.4/$pkgname-$version.tar.bz2"
+build_style=gnu_configure
+configure_args="--localstatedir=/var --disable-mono"
+short_desc="GNOME Core mime parsing library"
+maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
+checksum=0fa34162a77889c4d6038d8e1c482e0e3dc21310ec378811192547051640f528
+long_desc="
+ This package provides an implementation of the Desktop Menu Specification
+ for the GNOME Desktop."
+
+subpackages="$pkgname-devel"
+
+Add_dependency run glibc
+Add_dependency run glib
+Add_dependency run zlib
+
+Add_dependency build pkg-config
+Add_dependency build intltool
+Add_dependency build glib-devel
+Add_dependency build zlib-devel
+
+post_install()
+{
+	for f in uuen uude; do
+		mv ${DESTDIR}/usr/bin/${f}code ${DESTDIR}/usr/bin/g${f}code
+	done
+}
diff --git a/xbps-src/common/mapping_shlib_binpkg.txt b/xbps-src/common/mapping_shlib_binpkg.txt
index 5af89e28f1a..36e5c2d79e3 100644
--- a/xbps-src/common/mapping_shlib_binpkg.txt
+++ b/xbps-src/common/mapping_shlib_binpkg.txt
@@ -700,3 +700,4 @@ libpulse-browse.so		libpulseaudio		pulseaudio-devel
 libpulse-mainloop-glib.so	libpulseaudio		pulseaudio-devel
 liborc-0.4.so			orc			orc-devel
 liborc-test-0.4.so		orc			orc-devel
+libgmime-2.4.so			gmime			gmime-devel