diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index ceb36091cea..78df9d475d0 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -3440,3 +3440,5 @@ libbitcoin-database.so.0 libbitcoin-database-3.5.0_1
 libbitcoin-blockchain.so.0 libbitcoin-blockchain-3.5.0_1
 libbitcoin-node.so.0 libbitcoin-node-3.5.0_1
 libbitcoin-server.so.0 libbitcoin-server-3.5.0_1
+libvpd-2.2.so.2 libvpd-2.2.6_1
+libvpd_cxx-2.2.so.2 libvpd-2.2.6_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libvpd-devel b/srcpkgs/libvpd-devel
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..c4c91282af0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libvpd-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+libvpd
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libvpd/template b/srcpkgs/libvpd/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c35a5ecb8e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libvpd/template
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+# Template file for 'libvpd'
+pkgname=libvpd
+version=2.2.6
+revision=1
+archs="ppc64*"
+build_style=gnu-configure
+hostmakedepends="automake libtool"
+makedepends="sg3_utils-devel sqlite-devel zlib-devel"
+short_desc="VPD Database access library"
+maintainer="q66 <daniel@octaforge.org>"
+license="LGPL-2.1-or-later"
+homepage="https://sourceforge.net/projects/linux-diag"
+distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/linux-diag/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=fe093777dc83409c9b6e41862deeb474a06dcd45a6f90ac70e113a2a21a4dc3c
+
+pre_configure() {
+	# fix incorrect udev rule path, pass lint
+	sed -i 's,${sysconfdir}/udev,${libdir}/udev,g' Makefile.am
+	./bootstrap.sh
+}
+
+libvpd-devel_package() {
+	depends="${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision} sqlite-devel"
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/include
+		vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.a"
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.so"
+	}
+}