diff --git a/svt-hevc/.footprint b/svt-hevc/.footprint
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fa2a7ac6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/svt-hevc/.footprint
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+drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/
+drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/bin/
+-rwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/bin/SvtHevcEncApp
+drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/include/
+drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/include/svt-hevc/
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/include/svt-hevc/EbApi.h
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/include/svt-hevc/EbApiVersion.h
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/include/svt-hevc/EbErrorCodes.h
+drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/
+lrwxrwxrwx	root/root	usr/lib/libSvtHevcEnc.so -> libSvtHevcEnc.so.1
+-rwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/libSvtHevcEnc.so.1
+drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/pkgconfig/
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/pkgconfig/SvtHevcEnc.pc
diff --git a/svt-hevc/.signature b/svt-hevc/.signature
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index 000000000..301157aec
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+++ b/svt-hevc/.signature
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+untrusted comment: verify with /etc/ports/contrib.pub
+RWSagIOpLGJF377KLQEt5m78kKKnTpWTCt4jeyaA9JLcDsKG1NvZnqXtuz2ADBYR6TRnLPMc3SnZDJNz1NSW7opP1UeJfGjGfw0=
+SHA256 (Pkgfile) = d845efc711df56bc4c964dc2ab24d707e320e655efb22b230058344caffcb54e
+SHA256 (.footprint) = 7d5a2459119a85a6e1a60b7d39da2c21cdd03bd26918e5ab4f3d8ae605008afe
+SHA256 (svt-hevc-1.5.1.tar.gz) = fcadf3a326e012bdc7d7357b55573b45dfd37bf4a4186c93ed1c4b98fe3f1f6d
diff --git a/svt-hevc/Pkgfile b/svt-hevc/Pkgfile
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+# Description: SVT HEVC encoder
+# URL: https://github.com/OpenVisualCloud/SVT-HEVC
+# Maintainer: Tim Biermann, tbier at posteo dot de
+# Depends on: cmake yasm
+
+name=svt-hevc
+version=1.5.1
+release=1
+source=(https://github.com/OpenVisualCloud/SVT-HEVC/archive/v$version/$name-$version.tar.gz)
+
+build() {
+  prt-get isinst ninja && PKGMK_SVTHEVC+=' -G Ninja'
+
+  export LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -Wl,-z,noexecstack"
+
+  cmake -S SVT-HEVC-$version -B build $PKGMK_SVTHEVC \
+    -D CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr \
+    -D CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR=lib \
+    -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
+    -D CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE="$CXXFLAGS" \
+    -D CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELEASE="$CFLAGS" \
+    -D BUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON \
+    -D NATIVE=OFF \
+    -Wno-dev
+  cmake --build build
+  DESTDIR=$PKG cmake --install build
+}