diff --git a/dist/info/sdlpal_libretro.info b/dist/info/sdlpal_libretro.info
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..66b1f82a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dist/info/sdlpal_libretro.info
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# Software Information
+display_name = "SDLPAL"
+display_version = "v2.0.1"
+authors = "SDLPAL development team"
+categories = "Game"
+license = "GPLv3"
+permissions = ""
+supported_extensions = "cfg"
+
+# Hardware Information
+manufacturer = "N/A"
+systemname = "SDLPAL"
+systemid = "sdlpal"
+
+# Libretro Features
+supports_no_game = "true"
+single_purpose = "true"
+cheats = "false"
+libretro_saves = "false"
+savestate = "false"
+savestate_features = "null"
+needs_fullpath = "true"
+hw_render = "false"
+disk_control = "false"
+
+
+description = "Libretro port of the classic Chinese-language RPG known as PAL."
diff --git a/rules.d/core-rules.sh b/rules.d/core-rules.sh
index cd0ef95d..6f85d245 100644
--- a/rules.d/core-rules.sh
+++ b/rules.d/core-rules.sh
@@ -1632,6 +1632,16 @@ libretro_onsyuri_build_subdir="src/onsyuri_libretro"
 libretro_onsyuri_build_rule="cmake"
 libretro_onsyuri_build_args="-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release"
 
+include_core_sdlpal() {
+	register_module core "sdlpal"
+}
+libretro_sdlpal_name="SDLPAL"
+libretro_sdlpal_git_url="https://github.com/sdlpal/sdlpal.git"
+libretro_sdlpal_git_submodules="yes"
+libretro_sdlpal_post_fetch_cmd="pushd 3rd/SDL; git checkout -f v1.2.15; popd"
+libretro_sdlpal_build_subdir="libretro"
+libretro_sdlpal_build_rule="cmake"
+
 include_core_virtualxt() {
 	register_module core "virtualxt"
 }