diff --git a/package/Config.in b/package/Config.in
index 749ffeafd5..0bb0d2df41 100644
--- a/package/Config.in
+++ b/package/Config.in
@@ -514,6 +514,7 @@ source "package/libconfig/Config.in"
 source "package/libconfuse/Config.in"
 source "package/libfuse/Config.in"
 source "package/liblockfile/Config.in"
+source "package/libnfs/Config.in"
 source "package/libsysfs/Config.in"
 source "package/lockdev/Config.in"
 endmenu
diff --git a/package/libnfs/Config.in b/package/libnfs/Config.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..657bdda7d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/libnfs/Config.in
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBNFS
+	bool "libnfs"
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_NATIVE_RPC
+	depends on BR2_LARGEFILE
+	help
+	  nfs userspace implementation.
+
+	  http://github.com/sahlberg/libnfs
+
+comment "libnfs needs a toolchain w/ RPC and LARGEFILE"
+	depends on !(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_NATIVE_RPC && BR2_LARGEFILE)
diff --git a/package/libnfs/libnfs.mk b/package/libnfs/libnfs.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a17d8c3210
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/libnfs/libnfs.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+################################################################################
+#
+# libnfs
+#
+################################################################################
+
+LIBNFS_VERSION = libnfs-1.8.0
+LIBNFS_SITE = $(call github,sahlberg,libnfs,$(LIBNFS_VERSION))
+LIBNFS_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
+LIBNFS_AUTORECONF = YES
+LIBNFS_MAKE = $(MAKE1)
+LIBNFS_LICENSE = LGPLv2.1+
+LIBNFS_LICENSE_FILES = LICENCE-LGPL-2.1.txt
+LIBNFS_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf
+
+$(eval $(autotools-package))