diff --git a/DEVELOPERS b/DEVELOPERS
index 5b7b3c80fc..30fcf69970 100644
--- a/DEVELOPERS
+++ b/DEVELOPERS
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ F:	package/python-flask-sqlalchemy/
 F:	package/python-mutagen/
 F:	package/python-pip/
 F:	package/python-psycopg2/
+F:	package/python-smmap2/
 F:	package/python-sqlalchemy/
 F:	package/python-sqlparse/
 F:	package/python-visitor/
diff --git a/package/Config.in b/package/Config.in
index 5a4be6ee2c..c7f8389809 100644
--- a/package/Config.in
+++ b/package/Config.in
@@ -1110,6 +1110,7 @@ menu "External python modules"
 	source "package/python-six/Config.in"
 	source "package/python-slob/Config.in"
 	source "package/python-smbus-cffi/Config.in"
+	source "package/python-smmap2/Config.in"
 	source "package/python-socketio/Config.in"
 	source "package/python-sockjs/Config.in"
 	source "package/python-sortedcontainers/Config.in"
diff --git a/package/python-smmap2/Config.in b/package/python-smmap2/Config.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..21a3bdb613
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/python-smmap2/Config.in
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+config BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_SMMAP2
+	bool "python-smmap2"
+	help
+	  Smmap wraps an interface around mmap and tracks the mapped
+	  files as well as the amount of clients who use it. If the
+	  system runs out of resources, or if a memory limit is reached,
+	  it will automatically unload unused maps to allow continued
+	  operation.
+
+	  https://github.com/gitpython-developers/smmap
diff --git a/package/python-smmap2/python-smmap2.hash b/package/python-smmap2/python-smmap2.hash
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8a7ea42a5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/python-smmap2/python-smmap2.hash
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# md5, sha256 from https://pypi.org/pypi/smmap2/json
+md5	1c59a985be5aa645c4c5a4e063a40dd5  smmap2-2.0.5.tar.gz
+sha256	29a9ffa0497e7f2be94ca0ed1ca1aa3cd4cf25a1f6b4f5f87f74b46ed91d609a  smmap2-2.0.5.tar.gz
+# Locally computed sha256 checksums
+sha256	88e9d93f708d110b328a834302dd1d5c6afbda530e7721d15d80b3511d86f235  LICENSE
diff --git a/package/python-smmap2/python-smmap2.mk b/package/python-smmap2/python-smmap2.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..daf379fe1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/python-smmap2/python-smmap2.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+################################################################################
+#
+# python-smmap2
+#
+################################################################################
+
+PYTHON_SMMAP2_VERSION = 2.0.5
+PYTHON_SMMAP2_SOURCE = smmap2-$(PYTHON_SMMAP2_VERSION).tar.gz
+PYTHON_SMMAP2_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/3b/ba/e49102b3e8ffff644edded25394b2d22ebe3e645f3f6a8139129c4842ffe
+PYTHON_SMMAP2_SETUP_TYPE = setuptools
+PYTHON_SMMAP2_LICENSE = BSD-3-Clause
+PYTHON_SMMAP2_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
+
+$(eval $(python-package))