diff --git a/package/Config.in b/package/Config.in
index ede0ba0e5a..0b095d4bfb 100644
--- a/package/Config.in
+++ b/package/Config.in
@@ -618,6 +618,7 @@ menu "JSON/XML"
 source "package/cjson/Config.in"
 source "package/expat/Config.in"
 source "package/ezxml/Config.in"
+source "package/jansson/Config.in"
 source "package/json-c/Config.in"
 source "package/json-glib/Config.in"
 source "package/libroxml/Config.in"
diff --git a/package/jansson/Config.in b/package/jansson/Config.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..960a7c4c38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/jansson/Config.in
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+config BR2_PACKAGE_JANSSON
+	bool "jansson"
+	help
+	  Jansson is a C library for encoding, decoding and manipulating JSON
+	  data.
+
+	  http://www.digip.org/jansson/
diff --git a/package/jansson/jansson.mk b/package/jansson/jansson.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c7183df9ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/jansson/jansson.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#############################################################
+#
+# jansson
+#
+#############################################################
+JANSSON_VERSION = 2.4
+JANSSON_SITE = http://www.digip.org/jansson/releases
+JANSSON_LICENSE = MIT
+JANSSON_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
+JANSSON_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
+
+$(eval $(autotools-package))