diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index 7d162e825cf25d..61b9d096e1055f 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -2564,7 +2564,7 @@ libtidy.so.58 libtidy5-5.8.0_1
 libSDL2_gfx-1.0.so.0 SDL2_gfx-1.0.1_1
 libinjeqt.so.1 injeqt-1.1.0_1
 libgadu.so.3 libgadu-1.12.1_1
-libhiredis.so.1.3.0 hiredis-1.3.0_1
+libhiredis.so.1.5.0 hiredis-1.5.0_1
 libIL.so.1 devil-1.7.8_1
 libILU.so.1 devil-1.7.8_1
 libILUT.so.1 devil-1.7.8_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/hiredis-ssl b/srcpkgs/hiredis-ssl
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000000..ebc4fdcb20a7b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/hiredis-ssl
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+hiredis
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/hiredis/template b/srcpkgs/hiredis/template
index dd0a3b7670c408..02048d30eb524b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/hiredis/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/hiredis/template
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 # Template file for 'hiredis'
 pkgname=hiredis
-version=1.3.0
+version=1.5.0
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-makefile
-make_build_args="OPTIMIZATION= USE_WERROR=0"
+make_build_args="OPTIMIZATION= USE_WERROR=0 USE_SSL=1"
+make_install_args="USE_SSL=1"
+makedepends="openssl-devel"
 checkdepends="redis"
 short_desc="Minimalistic C client for Redis"
 maintainer="Enno Boland <gottox@voidlinux.org>"
@@ -11,14 +13,22 @@ license="BSD-3-Clause"
 homepage="https://github.com/redis/hiredis"
 changelog="https://github.com/redis/hiredis/releases"
 distfiles="https://github.com/redis/hiredis/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=25cee4500f359cf5cad3b51ed62059aadfc0939b05150c1f19c7e2829123631c
+checksum=eec7ef8641d221e144a58d5ef8d733c8c75c7fd487097a233aacb4fa33981cfb
 
 post_install() {
 	vlicense COPYING
 }
 
-hiredis-devel_package() {
+hiredis-ssl_package() {
 	depends="${sourcepkg}-${version}_${revision}"
+	short_desc+=" - ssl support"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove "usr/lib/*_ssl.so.*"
+	}
+}
+
+hiredis-devel_package() {
+	depends="${sourcepkg}-${version}_${revision} ${sourcepkg}-ssl-${version}_${revision}"
 	short_desc+=" - development files"
 	pkg_install() {
 		vmove usr/include