diff --git a/package/Config.in b/package/Config.in
index d5a673295d..6804e1d418 100644
--- a/package/Config.in
+++ b/package/Config.in
@@ -1231,6 +1231,7 @@ menu "External python modules"
 	source "package/python-qrcode/Config.in"
 	source "package/python-raven/Config.in"
 	source "package/python-redis/Config.in"
+	source "package/python-reedsolo/Config.in"
 	source "package/python-reentry/Config.in"
 	source "package/python-regex/Config.in"
 	source "package/python-remi/Config.in"
diff --git a/package/python-reedsolo/Config.in b/package/python-reedsolo/Config.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6482b1e98c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/python-reedsolo/Config.in
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+config BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_REEDSOLO
+	bool "python-reedsolo"
+	help
+	  Pure-Python Reed Solomon encoder/decoder.
+
+	  https://github.com/tomerfiliba/reedsolomon
diff --git a/package/python-reedsolo/python-reedsolo.hash b/package/python-reedsolo/python-reedsolo.hash
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fdafc89f49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/python-reedsolo/python-reedsolo.hash
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# md5, sha256 from https://pypi.org/pypi/reedsolo/json
+md5  b67a04027a1825c63a63b6793ec660a3  reedsolo-1.6.0.tar.gz
+sha256  4e290d3b0a7207ac7aac186790766c752b5fcdf5e0b04dfd260349579052bbac  reedsolo-1.6.0.tar.gz
+# Locally computed sha256 checksums
+sha256  0babd7b573efc3dcf5bb3c28b583150726f775d3dd8d54d6cd062834735b3d73  LICENSE
diff --git a/package/python-reedsolo/python-reedsolo.mk b/package/python-reedsolo/python-reedsolo.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2a7fd42a05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/python-reedsolo/python-reedsolo.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+################################################################################
+#
+# python-reedsolo
+#
+################################################################################
+
+PYTHON_REEDSOLO_VERSION = 1.6.0
+PYTHON_REEDSOLO_SOURCE = reedsolo-$(PYTHON_REEDSOLO_VERSION).tar.gz
+PYTHON_REEDSOLO_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/9b/10/28d1492cc82a103bc06f18cb9a9dbb3a9168ab2e4068801fa0aa0c76b231
+PYTHON_REEDSOLO_SETUP_TYPE = setuptools
+PYTHON_REEDSOLO_LICENSE = Public Domain
+PYTHON_REEDSOLO_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
+
+$(eval $(python-package))