diff --git a/package/freescale-imx/Config.in b/package/freescale-imx/Config.in
index bedd05a471..4a4237fb42 100644
--- a/package/freescale-imx/Config.in
+++ b/package/freescale-imx/Config.in
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ source "package/freescale-imx/imx-vpuwrap/Config.in"
 source "package/freescale-imx/firmware-imx/Config.in"
 source "package/freescale-imx/imx-sc-firmware/Config.in"
 source "package/freescale-imx/imx-seco/Config.in"
+source "package/freescale-imx/imx-vpu-hantro-vc/Config.in"
 if (BR2_PACKAGE_FREESCALE_IMX_PLATFORM_IMX51 || BR2_PACKAGE_FREESCALE_IMX_PLATFORM_IMX53)
 source "package/freescale-imx/gpu-amd-bin-mx51/Config.in"
 source "package/freescale-imx/libz160/Config.in"
diff --git a/package/freescale-imx/imx-vpu-hantro-vc/Config.in b/package/freescale-imx/imx-vpu-hantro-vc/Config.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9ae139550a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/freescale-imx/imx-vpu-hantro-vc/Config.in
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+comment "imx-vpu-hantro-vc needs an i.MX-specific Linux kernel to be built"
+	depends on !BR2_LINUX_KERNEL
+
+comment "imx-vpu-hantro-vc needs an i.MX platform with Hantro VPU"
+	depends on BR2_LINUX_KERNEL
+	depends on !BR2_PACKAGE_FREESCALE_IMX_HAS_VPU_HANTRO
+
+config BR2_PACKAGE_IMX_VPU_HANTRO_VC
+	bool "imx-vpu-hantro-vc"
+	depends on BR2_LINUX_KERNEL
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_FREESCALE_IMX_HAS_VPU_HANTRO
+	help
+	  i.MX VC8000E Encoder library. Intended for the i.MX 8M Plus processor.
diff --git a/package/freescale-imx/imx-vpu-hantro-vc/imx-vpu-hantro-vc.hash b/package/freescale-imx/imx-vpu-hantro-vc/imx-vpu-hantro-vc.hash
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..aadf5b121f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/freescale-imx/imx-vpu-hantro-vc/imx-vpu-hantro-vc.hash
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# Locally computed:
+sha256  d5efae484c4271c098286d007590d6bf40c272d4f35702ff65625f2362715ab3  imx-vpu-hantro-vc-1.4.0.bin
+sha256  ea58636bf34f589048fcd46e38497c47229fde8498df086ff5fb52f9ef8e15ee  COPYING
+sha256  50099e283cfd307f84f159aeb1a6f462351320273dbcdb80d7f2c9db0494b71c  EULA
diff --git a/package/freescale-imx/imx-vpu-hantro-vc/imx-vpu-hantro-vc.mk b/package/freescale-imx/imx-vpu-hantro-vc/imx-vpu-hantro-vc.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b07e116674
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/freescale-imx/imx-vpu-hantro-vc/imx-vpu-hantro-vc.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+################################################################################
+#
+# imx-vpu-hantro-vc
+#
+################################################################################
+
+IMX_VPU_HANTRO_VC_VERSION = 1.4.0
+IMX_VPU_HANTRO_VC_SITE = $(FREESCALE_IMX_SITE)
+IMX_VPU_HANTRO_VC_SOURCE = imx-vpu-hantro-vc-$(IMX_VPU_HANTRO_VC_VERSION).bin
+IMX_VPU_HANTRO_VC_DEPENDENCIES = linux
+
+IMX_VPU_HANTRO_VC_LICENSE = NXP Semiconductor Software License Agreement
+IMX_VPU_HANTRO_VC_LICENSE_FILES = EULA COPYING
+IMX_VPU_HANTRO_VC_REDISTRIBUTE = NO
+
+define IMX_VPU_HANTRO_VC_EXTRACT_CMDS
+	$(call FREESCALE_IMX_EXTRACT_HELPER,$(IMX_VPU_HANTRO_VC_DL_DIR)/$(IMX_VPU_HANTRO_VC_SOURCE))
+endef
+
+define IMX_VPU_HANTRO_VC_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
+	$(INSTALL) -D -m 0755 $(@D)/usr/lib/libhantro_vc8000e.so $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/libhantro_vc8000e.so
+	$(INSTALL) -D -m 0755 $(@D)/usr/lib/libhantro_vc8000e.so.1 $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/libhantro_vc8000e.so.1
+endef
+
+$(eval $(generic-package))