diff --git a/package/Config.in b/package/Config.in
index 406a5ea5d6..6e071ef850 100644
--- a/package/Config.in
+++ b/package/Config.in
@@ -782,6 +782,7 @@ menu "External python modules"
 	source "package/python-singledispatch/Config.in"
 	source "package/python-sip/Config.in"
 	source "package/python-six/Config.in"
+	source "package/python-slob/Config.in"
 	source "package/python-smbus-cffi/Config.in"
 	source "package/python-socketio/Config.in"
 	source "package/python-spidev/Config.in"
diff --git a/package/python-slob/Config.in b/package/python-slob/Config.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2c8ddb0880
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/python-slob/Config.in
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+config BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_SLOB
+	bool "python-slob"
+	depends on !BR2_BINFMT_FLAT # python-pyicu -> icu
+	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP # python-pyicu -> icu
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_PYICU # runtime
+	# although optional, it is used as default compression
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3_XZ # runtime
+	help
+	  slob.py is a reference implementation of slob format reader
+	  and writer.
+
+	  https://github.com/itkach/slob
+
+comment "python-slob needs a toolchain w/ C++"
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3 && !BR2_BINFMT_FLAT
+	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
diff --git a/package/python-slob/python-slob.hash b/package/python-slob/python-slob.hash
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..39d5d81f30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/python-slob/python-slob.hash
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# Locally computed
+sha256 18eb4f45d09d49b1f776cac52ea70ab951566c60cd30bbec39e88f10908fd8ff  python-slob-31ad0e769360a5b10a4893f686587bb8e48c3895.tar.gz
diff --git a/package/python-slob/python-slob.mk b/package/python-slob/python-slob.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..474c0c94df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/python-slob/python-slob.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+################################################################################
+#
+# python-slob
+#
+################################################################################
+
+PYTHON_SLOB_VERSION = 31ad0e769360a5b10a4893f686587bb8e48c3895
+PYTHON_SLOB_SITE = $(call github,itkach,slob,$(PYTHON_SLOB_VERSION))
+PYTHON_SLOB_LICENSE = GPLv3
+PYTHON_SLOB_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
+PYTHON_SLOB_SETUP_TYPE = distutils
+
+$(eval $(python-package))