diff --git a/srcpkgs/s6-rc-devel b/srcpkgs/s6-rc-devel
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..dbfda9db87a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/s6-rc-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+s6-rc
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/s6-rc/template b/srcpkgs/s6-rc/template
index 0774aa98524..4e9669d476a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/s6-rc/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/s6-rc/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 's6-rc'
 pkgname=s6-rc
 version=0.5.0.0
-revision=4
+revision=5
 build_style=configure
 configure_args="--prefix=/usr --libdir=/usr/lib --includedir=/usr/include
  --with-sysdeps=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/lib/skalibs/sysdeps
@@ -23,6 +23,16 @@ post_install() {
 	vcopy "examples/source/*" usr/share/examples/${pkgname}/
 }
 
+s6-rc-devel_package() {
+	archs=noarch
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
+	depends="${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/include
+		vmove usr/lib/*.a
+	}
+}
+
 s6-rc-doc_package() {
 	archs=noarch
 	short_desc+=" - documentation"