diff --git a/srcpkgs/libmatroska-devel b/srcpkgs/libmatroska-devel
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+libmatroska
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diff --git a/srcpkgs/libmatroska/depends b/srcpkgs/libmatroska/depends
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+abi_depends=">=0.8.1"
+api_depends="${abi_depends}"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libmatroska/libmatroska-devel.template b/srcpkgs/libmatroska/libmatroska-devel.template
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+# Template file for 'libmatroska-devel'.
+#
+short_desc="${sourcepkg} development files"
+long_desc="${long_desc}
+
+ This package contains files for development, headers, static libs, etc."
+
+Add_dependency run libebml-devel
+Add_dependency run libmatroska
+
+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 ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib
+}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libmatroska/template b/srcpkgs/libmatroska/template
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+# Template file for 'libmatroska'
+pkgname=libmatroska
+version=0.8.1
+distfiles="http://www.bunkus.org/videotools/mkvtoolnix/sources/$pkgname-$version.tar.bz2"
+build_style=gnu_makefile
+build_wrksrc="make/linux"
+make_build_target="sharedlib"
+make_install_target="prefix=$XBPS_DESTDIR/$pkgname-$version/usr install"
+short_desc="Extensible open standard Audio/Video container format"
+maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
+checksum=ee1f0c6a975ee14dd8b4b28b75d8f7a9f8498210d82e74411dbe95871382a7e9
+long_desc="
+ Matroska aims to become THE Standard of Multimedia Container Formats.
+ It was derived from a project called MCF, but differentiates from it
+ significantly. It is based on EBML (Extensible Binary Meta Language),
+ a binary derivative of XML.
+
+ Matroska is designed with the future in mind. It incorporates features
+ you would expect from a modern container format, like:
+
+  - Streamable over internet (HTTP and RTP)
+  - Fast seeking in the file
+  - High error recovery
+  - Menus (like DVDs have)
+  - Chapter entries
+  - Selectable subtitle streams
+  - Selectable audio streams
+  - Modularly extendable"
+
+subpackages="$pkgname-devel"
+Add_dependency run glibc
+Add_dependency run libebml
+Add_dependency build libebml-devel