diff --git a/package/Config.in b/package/Config.in
index 810f4aeea0..59125631e0 100644
--- a/package/Config.in
+++ b/package/Config.in
@@ -707,6 +707,7 @@ menu "Audio/Sound"
 	source "package/libreplaygain/Config.in"
 	source "package/libsamplerate/Config.in"
 	source "package/libsidplay2/Config.in"
+	source "package/libsilk/Config.in"
 	source "package/libsndfile/Config.in"
 	source "package/libsoxr/Config.in"
 	source "package/libvorbis/Config.in"
diff --git a/package/libsilk/Config.in b/package/libsilk/Config.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..10fe03ad32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/libsilk/Config.in
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBSILK
+	bool "libsilk"
+	help
+	  SILK is an audio compression format and audio codec.
+
+	  http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-vos-silk-01
diff --git a/package/libsilk/libsilk.mk b/package/libsilk/libsilk.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..eefdf8fd07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/libsilk/libsilk.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+################################################################################
+#
+# libsilk
+#
+################################################################################
+
+LIBSILK_VERSION = 4268a02240c35c6055b0f237c46b09b2dcf79e45
+# we use the FreeSwitch fork because it contains pkgconf support
+LIBSILK_SITE = https://freeswitch.org/stash/scm/sd/libsilk.git
+LIBSILK_SITE_METHOD = git
+LIBSILK_LICENSE = BSD-3c
+LIBSILK_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
+LIBSILK_AUTORECONF = YES
+LIBSILK_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
+
+$(eval $(autotools-package))