diff --git a/package/Config.in b/package/Config.in
index 75ee013140..a3c2a65cf3 100644
--- a/package/Config.in
+++ b/package/Config.in
@@ -940,6 +940,7 @@ menu "Graphics"
 	source "package/powervr/Config.in"
 	source "package/tiff/Config.in"
 	source "package/wayland/Config.in"
+	source "package/wayland-protocols/Config.in"
 	source "package/webkit/Config.in"
 	source "package/webkitgtk24/Config.in"
 	source "package/webp/Config.in"
diff --git a/package/wayland-protocols/Config.in b/package/wayland-protocols/Config.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8b4dedfd83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/wayland-protocols/Config.in
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+config BR2_PACKAGE_WAYLAND_PROTOCOLS
+	bool "wayland-protocols"
+	# Not really... but useless otherwise
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_WAYLAND
+	help
+	  Wayland protocols that adds functionality not available in
+	  the Wayland core protocol.
+
+	  http://wayland.freedesktop.org/
diff --git a/package/wayland-protocols/wayland-protocols.hash b/package/wayland-protocols/wayland-protocols.hash
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f2d5b7fe94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/wayland-protocols/wayland-protocols.hash
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# From https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/wayland-devel/2015-November/025759.html
+sha256	a538a8e3f999f2722897eb60aa2e2b53d879381b413b630957d58a9acd226def	wayland-protocols-1.0.tar.xz
diff --git a/package/wayland-protocols/wayland-protocols.mk b/package/wayland-protocols/wayland-protocols.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bb6d52f895
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/wayland-protocols/wayland-protocols.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+################################################################################
+#
+# wayland-protocols
+#
+################################################################################
+
+WAYLAND_PROTOCOLS_VERSION = 1.0
+WAYLAND_PROTOCOLS_SITE = http://wayland.freedesktop.org/releases
+WAYLAND_PROTOCOLS_SOURCE = wayland-protocols-$(WAYLAND_PROTOCOLS_VERSION).tar.xz
+WAYLAND_PROTOCOLS_LICENSE = MIT
+WAYLAND_PROTOCOLS_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
+WAYLAND_PROTOCOLS_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
+WAYLAND_PROTOCOLS_INSTALL_TARGET = NO
+
+$(eval $(autotools-package))