diff --git a/package/Config.in b/package/Config.in
index 0d4d0253aa..ca058819aa 100644
--- a/package/Config.in
+++ b/package/Config.in
@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ menu "Fonts, icons, sounds and themes"
 
 comment "Fonts"
 	source "package/bitstream-vera/Config.in"
+	source "package/cantarell/Config.in"
 	source "package/dejavu/Config.in"
 	source "package/ghostscript-fonts/Config.in"
 	source "package/inconsolata/Config.in"
diff --git a/package/cantarell/Config.in b/package/cantarell/Config.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..78af96d595
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/cantarell/Config.in
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+config BR2_PACKAGE_CANTARELL
+	bool "cantarell"
+	help
+	  The Cantarell font family is a contemporary Humanist
+	  sans serif designed for on-screen reading.
+
+	  https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/CantarellFonts
diff --git a/package/cantarell/cantarell.hash b/package/cantarell/cantarell.hash
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d3946c6c8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/cantarell/cantarell.hash
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# From http://ftp.acc.umu.se/pub/gnome/sources/cantarell-fonts/0.0/cantarell-fonts-0.0.18.1.sha256sum
+sha256	9c5b1a2edee1d3acf30eaae3d559b2b2e1d835249cf2770f6f8bfc6af861e8f0	cantarell-fonts-0.0.18.1.tar.xz
diff --git a/package/cantarell/cantarell.mk b/package/cantarell/cantarell.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ebad1b995e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/cantarell/cantarell.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+################################################################################
+#
+# cantarell
+#
+################################################################################
+
+CANTARELL_VERSION_MAJOR = 0.0
+CANTARELL_VERSION = $(CANTARELL_VERSION_MAJOR).18.1
+CANTARELL_SITE = http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/cantarell-fonts/0.0
+CANTARELL_SOURCE = cantarell-fonts-$(CANTARELL_VERSION).tar.xz
+CANTARELL_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf
+CANTARELL_LICENSE = OFLv1.1
+CANTARELL_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
+
+$(eval $(autotools-package))