diff --git a/APKBUILD.5 b/APKBUILD.5
index 81a74ae..bfd7a61 100644
--- a/APKBUILD.5
+++ b/APKBUILD.5
@@ -404,6 +404,8 @@ variables.
 .Bl -tag -width Ds
 .It Cm depends_dev
 Specifies the run-time dependencies of the -dev subpackage.
+.It Cm depends_libs
+Specifies the run-time dependencies of the -libs subpackage.
 .It Cm giturl
 Specifies the URL of the Git repository to use with
 .Cm abuild checkout .
diff --git a/abuild.in b/abuild.in
index d19d12e..fabb5c7 100644
--- a/abuild.in
+++ b/abuild.in
@@ -1731,6 +1731,7 @@ dev() {
 
 # predefined splitfunc libs
 default_libs() {
+	depends="$depends_libs"
 	pkgdesc="$pkgdesc (libraries)"
 	local dir= file=
 	for dir in lib usr/lib; do