diff --git a/build/bin/sage-guess-package-system b/build/bin/sage-guess-package-system
index 96ecb6edadc..ad39d75d3e2 100755
--- a/build/bin/sage-guess-package-system
+++ b/build/bin/sage-guess-package-system
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ elif yum --version > /dev/null 2>&1; then
     echo fedora
 elif pacman --version > /dev/null 2>&1; then
     echo arch
+elif slackpkg --version > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+    echo slackware
 elif zypper --version > /dev/null 2>&1; then
     echo opensuse
 elif apk --version > /dev/null 2>&1; then
diff --git a/build/bin/sage-print-system-package-command b/build/bin/sage-print-system-package-command
index 74eb0b65eb2..24414054058 100755
--- a/build/bin/sage-print-system-package-command
+++ b/build/bin/sage-print-system-package-command
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ case $system:$command in
     homebrew*:install)
         echo "brew install $system_packages"
         ;;
+    slackware*:install)
+        echo "sudo slackpkg install $system_packages"
+        ;;
     cygwin*:install)
         echo "# first install apt-cyg from https://github.com/transcode-open/apt-cyg"
         echo "apt-cyg install $system_packages"
diff --git a/build/bin/sage-spkg b/build/bin/sage-spkg
index f80501fd1cf..686e850ea66 100755
--- a/build/bin/sage-spkg
+++ b/build/bin/sage-spkg
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ if [ $INFO -ne 0 -a "$USE_LOCAL_SCRIPTS" = yes ]; then
     echo "== Equivalent System Packages =="
     echo
     PKG_DISTROS="$PKG_SCRIPTS"/distros
-    for system_package_file in "$PKG_DISTROS"/debian*.txt "$PKG_DISTROS"/fedora*.txt "$PKG_DISTROS"/*conda*.txt "$PKG_DISTROS"/homebrew*.txt  "$PKG_DISTROS"/arch*.txt ; do
+    for system_package_file in "$PKG_DISTROS"/*.txt; do
         if [ -f "$system_package_file" ]; then
             system=$(basename "$system_package_file" .txt)
             system_packages="$(echo $(sed 's/#.*//;' $system_package_file))"
diff --git a/build/pkgs/boost/distros/slackware.txt b/build/pkgs/boost/distros/slackware.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d579dbe4edb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/pkgs/boost/distros/slackware.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+boost
diff --git a/build/pkgs/boost_cropped/distros/slackware.txt b/build/pkgs/boost_cropped/distros/slackware.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d579dbe4edb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/pkgs/boost_cropped/distros/slackware.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+boost
diff --git a/build/pkgs/bzip2/distros/slackware.txt b/build/pkgs/bzip2/distros/slackware.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7a457127148
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/pkgs/bzip2/distros/slackware.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+bzip2
diff --git a/build/pkgs/cmake/distros/slackware.txt b/build/pkgs/cmake/distros/slackware.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a3ea3e4380f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/pkgs/cmake/distros/slackware.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+cmake
diff --git a/build/pkgs/curl/distros/slackware.txt b/build/pkgs/curl/distros/slackware.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e3ebfa5eb67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/pkgs/curl/distros/slackware.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+curl
+cyrus-sasl
diff --git a/build/pkgs/freetype/distros/slackware.txt b/build/pkgs/freetype/distros/slackware.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d9f02e6c56d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/pkgs/freetype/distros/slackware.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+freetype
+harfbuzz
+glib
+glib2
diff --git a/build/pkgs/git/distros/slackware.txt b/build/pkgs/git/distros/slackware.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5664e303b5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/pkgs/git/distros/slackware.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+git
diff --git a/build/pkgs/gmp/distros/slackware.txt b/build/pkgs/gmp/distros/slackware.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a0a04787c06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/pkgs/gmp/distros/slackware.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+gmp
diff --git a/build/pkgs/gsl/distros/slackware.txt b/build/pkgs/gsl/distros/slackware.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bd0d9198bf3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/pkgs/gsl/distros/slackware.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+gsl
diff --git a/build/pkgs/libffi/distros/slackware.txt b/build/pkgs/libffi/distros/slackware.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..eb88b305fdc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/pkgs/libffi/distros/slackware.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+libffi
diff --git a/build/pkgs/libgd/distros/slackware.txt b/build/pkgs/libgd/distros/slackware.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3f310cfdeb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/pkgs/libgd/distros/slackware.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+gd
diff --git a/build/pkgs/mpfr/distros/slackware.txt b/build/pkgs/mpfr/distros/slackware.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5bcf2cdfb19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/pkgs/mpfr/distros/slackware.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+mpfr
diff --git a/build/pkgs/ncurses/distros/slackware.txt b/build/pkgs/ncurses/distros/slackware.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6a470ffa9e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/pkgs/ncurses/distros/slackware.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ncurses
diff --git a/build/pkgs/openssl/distros/slackware.txt b/build/pkgs/openssl/distros/slackware.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6ed59c09128
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/pkgs/openssl/distros/slackware.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+openssl openssl-solibs
diff --git a/build/pkgs/patch/distros/slackware.txt b/build/pkgs/patch/distros/slackware.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9eb7b90ed50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/pkgs/patch/distros/slackware.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+patch
diff --git a/build/pkgs/pcre/distros/slackware.txt b/build/pkgs/pcre/distros/slackware.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..abd501ce241
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/pkgs/pcre/distros/slackware.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pcre
diff --git a/build/pkgs/readline/distros/slackware.txt b/build/pkgs/readline/distros/slackware.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0b5a58e278a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/pkgs/readline/distros/slackware.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+readline
diff --git a/build/pkgs/sqlite/distros/slackware.txt b/build/pkgs/sqlite/distros/slackware.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5a9494c03ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/pkgs/sqlite/distros/slackware.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+sqlite
+icu4c
diff --git a/build/pkgs/xz/distros/slackware.txt b/build/pkgs/xz/distros/slackware.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d66e95ca507
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/pkgs/xz/distros/slackware.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+xz
diff --git a/build/pkgs/yasm/distros/slackware.txt b/build/pkgs/yasm/distros/slackware.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..eff8d5c7abd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/pkgs/yasm/distros/slackware.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+yasm
diff --git a/build/pkgs/zlib/distros/slackware.txt b/build/pkgs/zlib/distros/slackware.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f22003e83c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/pkgs/zlib/distros/slackware.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+zlib