diff --git a/scripts/libmakepkg/autodep/library_depends.sh.in b/scripts/libmakepkg/autodep/library_depends.sh.in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4c387241
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/libmakepkg/autodep/library_depends.sh.in
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+#   library_depends.sh - Automatically add library requirements to depends
+#
+#   Copyright (c) 2021 Pacman Development Team <pacman-dev@lists.archlinux.org>
+#
+#   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+#   (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#   GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+
+[[ -n "$LIBMAKEPKG_AUTODEP_LIBRARY_DEPENDS_SH" ]] && return
+LIBMAKEPKG_AUTODEP_LIBRARY_DEPENDS_SH=1
+
+LIBRARY=${LIBRARY:-'@libmakepkgdir@'}
+
+autodep_functions+=('library_depends')
+
+library_depends() {
+	if check_option "autodeps" "y"; then
+		local dep filename libdeps libdir libpath prefix sofile
+		declare -a libdeps
+
+		while IFS= read -rd '' filename; do
+			for sofile in $(LC_ALL=C readelf -d $filename 2>/dev/null | sed -nr 's/.*Shared library: \[(.*)\].*/\1/p'); do
+				# get the full path of the library
+				libpath=$(ldd $filename | sed -nr "s/.$sofile => (.*) \(.*\)/\1/p")
+
+				# if ldd can not find the library, it is likely part of the package and not in filesystem
+				if [[ -z $libpath ]]; then
+					continue
+				fi
+
+				# skip if the library is part of the package
+				if [[ -e "$pkgdir/$libpath" ]]; then
+					continue
+				fi
+
+				# find the prefix for the dependency
+				libpath=${libpath#/}
+				libpath=${libpath%/*}
+
+				unset prefix
+				for libdir in ${LIB_DIRS[@]}; do
+					if [[ ${libdir/*:} == ${libpath} ]]; then
+						prefix=${libdir/:*}
+					fi
+				done
+
+				if [[ -z ${prefix} ]]; then
+					continue
+				fi
+
+				# only add library dependency if it exists - this helps bootstraping dependencies
+				if [[ $(run_pacman -T "$prefix:$sofile") ]]; then
+					continue
+				fi
+
+				libdeps+=("$prefix:$sofile")
+			done
+
+		done < <(find "$pkgdir" -type f -perm -u+x -print0)
+
+		depends+=($(printf '%s\n' "${libdeps[@]}" | LC_ALL=C sort -u))
+	fi
+}
diff --git a/scripts/libmakepkg/autodep/meson.build b/scripts/libmakepkg/autodep/meson.build
index e0af26a6..08c4c818 100644
--- a/scripts/libmakepkg/autodep/meson.build
+++ b/scripts/libmakepkg/autodep/meson.build
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 libmakepkg_module = 'tidy'
 
 sources = [
+  'library_depends.sh.in',
   'library_provides.sh.in',
-
 ]
 
 foreach src : sources