diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index 701c26bbfa..e31bdae3bd 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -1414,3 +1414,4 @@ libmozjs-17.0.so mozjs17-17.0.0_1
 libgeocode-glib.so.0 geocode-glib-3.10.0_1
 libzeitgeist-2.0.so.0 libzeitgeist2-0.9.14_1
 libpotrace.so.0 libpotrace-1.11_1
+libSDL2-2.0.so.0 SDL2-2.0.0_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/SDL2-devel b/srcpkgs/SDL2-devel
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..f369ea9014
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/SDL2-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+SDL2
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/SDL2/template b/srcpkgs/SDL2/template
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5f27b58404
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/SDL2/template
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+# Template file for 'SDL2'
+pkgname=SDL2
+version=2.0.0
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-configure
+configure_args="--enable-alsa --disable-esd --disable-rpath --enable-libudev
+ --enable-clock_gettime --disable-nas --disable-arts --disable-x11-shared
+ --disable-alsa-shared --disable-pulseaudio-shared --enable-dbus"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config nasm"
+makedepends="alsa-lib-devel dbus-devel libudev-devel libusb-compat-devel"
+short_desc="Simple DirectMedia Layer (version 2)"
+maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
+homepage="http://www.libsdl.org/"
+license="zlib"
+distfiles="http://www.libsdl.org/release/${pkgname}-$version.tar.gz"
+checksum=6f6ac8153d90e06a118474d5400624ae82b3d3e080915505db27cebc52b27178
+long_desc="
+ This is the Simple DirectMedia Layer, a generic API that provides low
+ level access to audio, keyboard, mouse, and display framebuffer across
+ multiple platforms."
+
+# Package build options
+build_options="gles opengl pulseaudio x11"
+
+desc_option_gles="Enable support for OpenGL/ES rendering"
+desc_option_opengl="Enable support for OpenGL rendering"
+desc_option_pulseaudio="Enable support for pulseaudio audio output"
+desc_option_x11="Enable support for X11 video output"
+
+build_options_default="x11"
+
+if [ "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" = "i686" -o "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" = "x86_64" ]; then
+	# Enable OpenGL and pulseaudio on x86.
+	build_options_default+=" opengl pulseaudio"
+fi
+
+if [ "$build_option_x11" ]; then
+	configure_args+=" --enable-video-x11-xcursor --enable-video-x11-xrandr
+		--enable-video-x11-xinerama --enable-video-x11-vm
+		--enable-video-x11-xinput --enable-video-x11-scrnsaver
+		--enable-video-x11-xshape"
+	makedepends+=" libSM-devel libXcursor-devel libXinerama-devel libXScrnSaver-devel libXrandr-devel"
+else
+	configure_args+=" --without-x"
+fi
+
+if [ "$build_option_opengl" ]; then
+	configure_args+=" --enable-video-opengl"
+	makedepends+=" glu-devel"
+else
+	configure_args+=" --disable-video-opengl"
+fi
+
+if [ "$build_option_gles" ]; then
+	configure_args+=" --enable-video-opengles"
+	makedepends+=" glu-devel"
+else
+	configure_args+=" --disable-video-opengles"
+fi
+
+if [ "$build_option_pulseaudio" ]; then
+	configure_args+=" --enable-pulseaudio"
+	makedepends+=" pulseaudio-devel"
+else
+	configure_args+=" --disable-pulseaudio"
+fi
+
+SDL2-devel_package() {
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
+	depends="alsa-lib-devel ${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
+
+	if [ "$build_option_x11" ]; then
+		depends+=" libXcursor-devel libXinerama-devel libXScrnSaver-devel libXrandr-devel"
+	fi
+
+	if [ "$build_option_opengl" -o "$build_option_gles" ]; then
+		depends+=" glu-devel"
+	fi
+
+	if [ "$build_option_pulseaudio" ]; then
+		depends+=" pulseaudio-devel"
+	fi
+
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/bin
+		vmove usr/include
+		vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.a"
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.so"
+		vmove usr/share
+	}
+}
+
+SDL2_package() {
+	if [ "$build_option_opengl" ]; then
+		# libGL.so.1 is dynamically loaded with dlopen.
+		depends+=" libGL"
+	fi
+	if [ "$build_option_gles" ]; then
+		# libGLESv2.so.1 is dynamically loaded with dlopen.
+		depends+=" libGLES"
+	fi
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove all
+	}
+}