diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index cda02e89991..24886a2b7e5 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -3418,3 +3418,4 @@ libappmenu-gtk2-parser.so.0 appmenu-gtk-module-0.7.1_1
 libappmenu-gtk3-parser.so.0 appmenu-gtk3-module-0.7.1_1
 libqhttpengine.so.1 qhttpengine-1.0.1_1
 libqmdnsengine.so.0 qmdnsengine-0.1.0_1
+libyang.so.0.16 libyang-0.16r3_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libyang-devel b/srcpkgs/libyang-devel
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..851b4f98071
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libyang-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+libyang
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libyang-tools b/srcpkgs/libyang-tools
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..851b4f98071
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libyang-tools
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+libyang
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libyang/template b/srcpkgs/libyang/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2b8a7a5272d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libyang/template
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+# Template file for 'libyang'
+pkgname=libyang
+version=0.16r3
+revision=1
+_distver="${version/r/-r}"
+wrksrc="libyang-${_distver}"
+build_style=cmake
+hostmakedepends="doxygen"
+makedepends="pcre-devel"
+short_desc="YANG data modeling language library"
+maintainer="Cameron Nemo <camerontnorman@gmail.com>"
+license="BSD-3-Clause"
+homepage="https://github.com/CESNET/libyang"
+distfiles="https://github.com/CESNET/libyang/archive/v${_distver}.tar.gz"
+checksum=4745460dedc4ba17d8bcfc39ad9ba0d1b91bbe82b55b9417a090390909ba8ca5
+
+post_install() {
+	vlicense LICENSE
+}
+
+libyang-devel_package() {
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
+	depends="${sourcepkg}-${version}_${revision}"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/include
+		vmove usr/lib/libyang.so
+	}
+}
+
+libyang-tools_package() {
+	short_desc+=" - utilities"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/bin
+		vmove usr/share
+	}
+}