diff --git a/DEVELOPERS b/DEVELOPERS
index 9e68a153a5..9b771f4957 100644
--- a/DEVELOPERS
+++ b/DEVELOPERS
@@ -1665,6 +1665,7 @@ F:	board/altera/socrates_cyclone5/
 F:	board/pine64/rock64
 F:	configs/rock64_defconfig
 F:	configs/socrates_cyclone5_defconfig
+F:	package/netifrc/
 F:	package/openrc/
 F:	package/skeleton-init-openrc/
 
diff --git a/package/Config.in b/package/Config.in
index c336dfeda3..10b441c6e1 100644
--- a/package/Config.in
+++ b/package/Config.in
@@ -2227,6 +2227,7 @@ menu "System tools"
 	source "package/mender-grubenv/Config.in"
 	source "package/monit/Config.in"
 	source "package/ncdu/Config.in"
+	source "package/netifrc/Config.in"
 	source "package/numactl/Config.in"
 	source "package/nut/Config.in"
 	source "package/openrc/Config.in"
diff --git a/package/netifrc/Config.in b/package/netifrc/Config.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9347033d67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/netifrc/Config.in
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+config BR2_PACKAGE_NETIFRC
+	bool "netifrc"
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_OPENRC
+	help
+	  netifrc is a collection of modules created to configure and
+	  manage network interfaces via individual, per-interface
+	  scripts.
+
+	  https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Netifrc
+
+comment "netifrc needs openrc as init system"
+	depends on !BR2_PACKAGE_OPENRC
diff --git a/package/netifrc/netifrc.hash b/package/netifrc/netifrc.hash
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d811acc4a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/netifrc/netifrc.hash
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Calculated manually
+sha256	004907e0c3db2d106d6a51d604d79f971f1013fa7642054ad7efe5076e52f7b3	netifrc-0.6.1.tar.gz
+sha256	da376c9e2244f2a7220767ea4dd88cf423ff5b548e7c2f96b0f3b9dac727748a	LICENSE
diff --git a/package/netifrc/netifrc.mk b/package/netifrc/netifrc.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5dc262230b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/netifrc/netifrc.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+################################################################################
+#
+# netifrc
+#
+################################################################################
+
+NETIFRC_VERSION = 0.6.1
+NETIFRC_SITE = $(call github,gentoo,netifrc,$(NETIFRC_VERSION))
+NETIFRC_LICENSE = BSD-2-Clause
+NETIFRC_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
+
+NETIFRC_DEPENDENCIES = openrc
+
+# set LIBNAME so netifrc puts files in proper directories and sets proper
+# paths in installed files. Since in buildroot /lib64 and /lib32 always
+# points to /lib, it's safe to hardcode it to "lib"
+NETIFRC_MAKE_OPTS = \
+	LIBNAME=lib \
+	UDEVDIR=/lib/udev \
+	LIBEXECDIR=/usr/libexec/netifrc
+
+define NETIFRC_BUILD_CMDS
+	$(MAKE) $(NETIFRC_MAKE_OPTS) -C $(@D)
+endef
+
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_UDEV),)
+define NETIFRC_REMOVE_UDEV
+	$(RM) $(TARGET_DIR)/lib/udev/net.sh
+	$(RM) $(TARGET_DIR)/lib/udev/rules.d/90-network.rules
+	rmdir --ignore-fail-on-non-empty $(TARGET_DIR)/lib/udev/rules.d
+	rmdir --ignore-fail-on-non-empty $(TARGET_DIR)/lib/udev
+endef
+endif # BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_UDEV
+
+define NETIFRC_NET_CFG
+	config_lo="127.0.0.1/8"
+endef
+
+define NETIFRC_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
+	$(MAKE) $(NETIFRC_MAKE_OPTS) DESTDIR=$(TARGET_DIR) -C $(@D) install
+	$(NETIFRC_REMOVE_UDEV)
+	$(call PRINTF,$(NETIFRC_NET_CFG)) > $(TARGET_DIR)/etc/conf.d/net
+	ln -sf /etc/init.d/net.lo $(TARGET_DIR)/etc/runlevels/default/net.lo
+endef
+
+$(eval $(generic-package))
diff --git a/package/openrc/openrc.mk b/package/openrc/openrc.mk
index 5978b6de5d..387962d4d5 100644
--- a/package/openrc/openrc.mk
+++ b/package/openrc/openrc.mk
@@ -37,6 +37,17 @@ define OPENRC_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
 	$(MAKE) $(OPENRC_MAKE_OPTS) DESTDIR=$(TARGET_DIR) -C $(@D) install
 endef
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_NETIFRC),y)
+# netifrc replaces network, staticroute and loopback services which are
+# installed by openrc
+define OPENRC_NO_NET
+	$(RM) $(TARGET_DIR)/etc/runlevels/boot/{network,staticroute,loopback}
+	$(RM) $(TARGET_DIR)/etc/init.d/{network,staticroute,loopback}
+	$(RM) $(TARGET_DIR)/etc/conf.d/{network,staticroute,loopback}
+endef
+OPENRC_POST_TARGET_INSTALL_HOOKS += OPENRC_NO_NET
+endif
+
 define OPENRC_REMOVE_UNNEEDED
 	$(RM) -r $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/share/openrc
 endef