diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index 875162c590..c95b078e0b 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -3498,3 +3498,4 @@ libuninameslist.so.1 libuninameslist-20190701_1
 libgambit.so.4 gambit-4.9.3_1
 liblog4cpp.so.5 log4cpp-1.1.3_1
 libnuspell.so.2 libnuspell-2.3.0_1
+liblog4c.so.3 log4c-1.2.4_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/log4c-devel b/srcpkgs/log4c-devel
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..d9550e85ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/log4c-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+log4c
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/log4c/template b/srcpkgs/log4c/template
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..28a6fc6d94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/log4c/template
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+# Template file for 'log4c'
+pkgname=log4c
+version=1.2.4
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-configure
+makedepends="expat-devel"
+short_desc="Library for flexible logging to files, syslog and other destinations"
+maintainer="Andrew Benson <abenson+void@gmail.com>"
+license="LGPL-2.1-or-later"
+homepage="http://log4c.sourceforge.net/"
+distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/log4c/log4c-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=5991020192f52cc40fa852fbf6bbf5bd5db5d5d00aa9905c67f6f0eadeed48ea
+
+post_install() {
+	vsconf ${DESTDIR}/etc/log4crc.sample
+	rm -f ${DESTDIR}/etc/log4crc.sample
+}
+
+log4c-devel_package() {
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
+	depends="${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/bin
+		vmove usr/include
+		vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
+		vmove usr/share/aclocal
+		vmove usr/share/man
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.a"
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.so"
+	}
+}