diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index 6b72f551f9a..377d781e01a 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -1134,3 +1134,4 @@ libgtkspell.so.0 gtkspell-2.0.16_1
 libpurple.so.0 libpurple-2.10.6_1
 libpurple-client.so.0 libpurple-2.10.6_1
 libgnt.so.0 libgnt-2.10.6_1
+libvarnishapi.so.1 libvarnishapi-3.0.3_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libvarnishapi b/srcpkgs/libvarnishapi
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..1605f8f84bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libvarnishapi
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+varnish
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libvarnishapi-devel b/srcpkgs/libvarnishapi-devel
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..1605f8f84bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libvarnishapi-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+varnish
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/varnish/files/varnish-vcl-reload b/srcpkgs/varnish/files/varnish-vcl-reload
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7e84a258bf3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/varnish/files/varnish-vcl-reload
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+cfg=${1:-/etc/varnish/default.vcl}
+if [ ! -e "$cfg" ]; then
+  printf 'ERROR: VCL file %s does not exist\n' "$cfg" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+activecfg=$(varnishadm 'vcl.list' | awk '/active/ { print $3 }')
+if [ -z "$activecfg" ]; then
+  printf 'ERROR: No active VCL found!\n' >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+newcfg=$(date +'vcl-%s')
+printf 'INFO: using new config %s\n' "$cfg"
+
+varnishadm "vcl.load $newcfg $cfg" &&
+varnishadm "vcl.use $newcfg" &&
+varnishadm "vcl.discard $activecfg"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/varnish/files/varnish.service b/srcpkgs/varnish/files/varnish.service
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d5b0aa66da9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/varnish/files/varnish.service
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Web Application Accelerator
+After=network.target
+
+[Service]
+ExecStart=/usr/sbin/varnishd -a 0.0.0.0:80 -f /etc/varnish/default.vcl -T localhost:6082 -s malloc,64M -u nobody -g nobody -F
+ExecReload=/usr/bin/varnish-vcl-reload
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/srcpkgs/varnish/libvarnishapi-devel.template b/srcpkgs/varnish/libvarnishapi-devel.template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..86775d80a06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/varnish/libvarnishapi-devel.template
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# Template file for 'libvarnishapi-devel'.
+#
+noarch=yes
+depends="libvarnishapi>=${version}"
+short_desc="${short_desc} -- API development files"
+long_desc="${long_desc}
+
+ This package contains files for development, headers, static libs, etc."
+
+do_install() {
+	vmove usr/include usr
+	vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig usr/lib
+	vmove usr/share/man/man3 usr/share/man
+}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/varnish/libvarnishapi.template b/srcpkgs/varnish/libvarnishapi.template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4476a268b26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/varnish/libvarnishapi.template
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# Template file for 'libvarnishapi'.
+#
+short_desc="${short_desc} -- API runtime library"
+long_desc="${long_desc}
+
+ This package contains the runtime API library for varnish."
+
+do_install() {
+	vmove "usr/lib/*.so*" usr/lib
+}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/varnish/template b/srcpkgs/varnish/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..dedbca0b024
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/varnish/template
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+# Template file for 'varnish'
+pkgname=varnish
+version=3.0.3
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-configure
+configure_args="--disable-static"
+makedepends="pkg-config pcre-devel readline-devel"
+short_desc="A fast caching HTTP reverse proxy"
+maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
+license="Simplified BSD"
+homepage="https://www.varnish-cache.org/"
+distfiles="http://repo.varnish-cache.org/source/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=2d37d18d952f58b208ac3a0706d4d3e4c0de304b1fcc9df5019571c75f148ab2
+long_desc="
+ Varnish Cache is a web application accelerator also known as a caching HTTP
+ reverse proxy. You install it in front of any server that speaks HTTP and
+ configure it to cache the contents. Varnish Cache is really, really fast.
+ It typically speeds up delivery with a factor of 300 - 1000x, depending on
+ your architecture. A high level overview of what Varnish does can be seen
+ in the video attached to this web page."
+
+subpackages="libvarnishapi libvarnishapi-devel"
+conf_files="/etc/varnish/default.vcl"
+systemd_services="varnish.service on"
+
+post_install() {
+	# systemd reload helper
+	vinstall ${FILESDIR}/varnish-vcl-reload 755 usr/sbin
+	# systemd service
+	vinstall ${FILESDIR}/varnish.service 644 usr/lib/systemd/system
+}