diff --git a/srcpkgs/parrot/template b/srcpkgs/parrot/template
index d76973d08e..cff24fa35c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/parrot/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/parrot/template
@@ -12,3 +12,14 @@ configure_script="perl Configure.pl"
 license="Artistic"
 distfiles="ftp://ftp.parrot.org/pub/parrot/releases/supported/${version}/parrot-${version}.tar.bz2"
 checksum=ad5f3723c216675b9ebc2e3d3807d24fd13aa55e1eb3e7ffcad4062e0026f482
+
+parrot-devel_package() {
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/include
+		vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.a"
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.so"
+		vmove usr/share
+	}
+}