diff --git a/metadata/categories.conf b/metadata/categories.conf
index 7a0541cb..bbaaf2c1 100644
--- a/metadata/categories.conf
+++ b/metadata/categories.conf
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ games-rpg
 games-strategy
 media-sound
 net-firewall
+net-im
 net-misc
 net-www
 sci-mathematics
diff --git a/packages/net-im/pidgin-opensteamworks/files/pidgin-opensteamworks-1.3-Makefile b/packages/net-im/pidgin-opensteamworks/files/pidgin-opensteamworks-1.3-Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a71ece05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/net-im/pidgin-opensteamworks/files/pidgin-opensteamworks-1.3-Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+CC ?= gcc
+PKG_CONFIG ?= pkg-config
+INSTALL = install
+INSTALL_PROGRAM = $(INSTALL) -Dm755
+
+PLUGINDIR ?= $(shell $(PKG_CONFIG) --variable=plugindir purple)
+
+CFLAGS ?= -O2 -pipe
+CFLAGS += -Wall -fPIC
+LDFLAGS += -shared
+CPPFLAGS += $(shell $(PKG_CONFIG) --cflags glib-2.0 json-glib-1.0 purple nss gnome-keyring-1)
+LIBS += $(shell $(PKG_CONFIG) --libs glib-2.0 json-glib-1.0 purple nss)
+
+TARGET = libsteam.so
+
+OBJS = libsteam.o steam_connection.o
+
+%.o: %.c %.h
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) -c $*.c
+
+$(TARGET): $(OBJS)
+	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -o $@ $(OBJS) $(LIBS)
+
+install: $(TARGET)
+	$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) $(TARGET) "$(DESTDIR)$(PLUGINDIR)/$(TARGET)"
+
+uninstall:
+	rm -f "$(DESTDIR)$(PLUGINDIR)/$(TARGET)"
+
+clean:
+	rm -f $(OBJS) $(TARGET)
+
+.PHONY: uninstall clean
diff --git a/packages/net-im/pidgin-opensteamworks/pidgin-opensteamworks-1.6.1.exheres-0 b/packages/net-im/pidgin-opensteamworks/pidgin-opensteamworks-1.6.1.exheres-0
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..842098b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/net-im/pidgin-opensteamworks/pidgin-opensteamworks-1.6.1.exheres-0
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+# Copyright 2016 Julian Ospald <hasufell@posteo.de>
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+SUMMARY="Steam protocol plugin for pidgin"
+HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/eionrobb/pidgin-opensteamworks"
+DOWNLOADS="https://github.com/EionRobb/${PN}/archive/${PV}.tar.gz -> ${PNV}.tar.gz"
+
+LICENCES="GPL-3"
+SLOT="0"
+PLATFORMS="~amd64 ~x86"
+
+DEPENDENCIES="
+    build:
+        virtual/pkg-config
+        virtual/unzip
+    run:
+        core/json-glib
+        dev-libs/glib:2
+        dev-libs/nss
+        gnome-desktop/libgnome-keyring
+        net-im/pidgin
+"
+
+WORK=${WORKBASE}
+
+src_prepare() {
+    # see https://code.google.com/p/pidgin-opensteamworks/issues/detail?id=31
+    edo cp "${FILES}"/${PN}-1.3-Makefile "${WORK}"/${PNV}/steam-mobile/Makefile
+    edo unzip "${WORK}"/${PNV}/steam-mobile/releases/icons.zip
+}
+
+src_compile() {
+    export CC=${CC} PKG_CONFIG=${PKG_CONFIG}
+    edo pushd ${PNV}/steam-mobile
+    default
+    edo popd
+}
+
+src_install() {
+    edo pushd ${PNV}/steam-mobile
+    default
+    edo popd
+    insinto /usr/share/pixmaps/pidgin/protocols
+    doins -r "${WORK}"/{16,48}
+    dodoc ${PNV}/README.md
+}