diff --git a/DEVELOPERS b/DEVELOPERS
index 23091322fe..164df02aec 100644
--- a/DEVELOPERS
+++ b/DEVELOPERS
@@ -2335,6 +2335,7 @@ F:	package/gstreamer1/gst1-devtools/
 F:	package/gstreamer1/gst1-interpipe/
 F:	package/gstreamer1/gstreamer1-editing-services/
 F:	package/iwd/
+F:	package/libb2/
 F:	package/libcamera-apps/
 F:	package/libevdev/
 F:	package/libuev/
@@ -2851,6 +2852,7 @@ F:	package/hiawatha/
 F:	package/igh-ethercat/
 F:	package/intltool/
 F:	package/jh71xx-tools/
+F:	package/libb2/
 F:	package/libcap/
 F:	package/libffi/
 F:	package/libsha1/
diff --git a/package/Config.in b/package/Config.in
index ab108f679f..79ef303bc1 100644
--- a/package/Config.in
+++ b/package/Config.in
@@ -1416,6 +1416,7 @@ menu "Crypto"
 	source "package/gnutls/Config.in"
 	source "package/libargon2/Config.in"
 	source "package/libassuan/Config.in"
+	source "package/libb2/Config.in"
 	source "package/libgcrypt/Config.in"
 	source "package/libgpg-error/Config.in"
 	source "package/libgpgme/Config.in"
diff --git a/package/libb2/Config.in b/package/libb2/Config.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5cb462eb19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/libb2/Config.in
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBB2
+	bool "libb2"
+	help
+	  C library providing BLAKE2b, BLAKE2s, BLAKE2bp, BLAKE2sp.
+
+	  https://github.com/BLAKE2/libb2
diff --git a/package/libb2/libb2.hash b/package/libb2/libb2.hash
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6ef24a98ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/libb2/libb2.hash
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Locally computed:
+sha256  10053dbc2fa342516b780a6bbf6e7b2a2360b8d49c5ac426936bf3df82526732  libb2-0.98.1.tar.gz
+sha256  6a1ee543e5282cd9061881edf462e6fdab181f328da71fc2c9a6950a80e94d01  COPYING
diff --git a/package/libb2/libb2.mk b/package/libb2/libb2.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..761c0599e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/libb2/libb2.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+################################################################################
+#
+# libb2
+#
+################################################################################
+
+LIBB2_VERSION = 0.98.1
+LIBB2_SITE = $(call github,BLAKE2,libb2,v$(LIBB2_VERSION))
+LIBB2_LICENSE =  CC0-1.0
+LIBB2_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
+LIBB2_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
+LIBB2_AUTORECONF = YES
+LIBB2_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf
+LIBB2_CONF_OPTS = --disable-fat --disable-native
+HOST_LIBB2_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf
+HOST_LIBB2_CONF_OPTS = --disable-fat --enable-native
+
+$(eval $(autotools-package))
+$(eval $(host-autotools-package))