diff --git a/DEVELOPERS b/DEVELOPERS
index dae860969c..89c5f529ed 100644
--- a/DEVELOPERS
+++ b/DEVELOPERS
@@ -833,6 +833,7 @@ F:	package/ncmpc/
 F:	package/oniguruma/
 F:	package/oprofile/
 F:	package/pcmanfm/
+F:	package/python-backcall/
 F:	package/rygel/
 F:	package/safeclib/
 F:	package/tinycbor/
diff --git a/package/Config.in b/package/Config.in
index a3ef2748c9..7eb2376d57 100644
--- a/package/Config.in
+++ b/package/Config.in
@@ -828,6 +828,7 @@ menu "External python modules"
 	source "package/python-autobahn/Config.in"
 	source "package/python-automat/Config.in"
 	source "package/python-babel/Config.in"
+	source "package/python-backcall/Config.in"
 	source "package/python-backports-abc/Config.in"
 	source "package/python-backports-shutil-get-terminal-size/Config.in"
 	source "package/python-backports-ssl-match-hostname/Config.in"
diff --git a/package/python-backcall/Config.in b/package/python-backcall/Config.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7b4345cab7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/python-backcall/Config.in
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+config BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_BACKCALL
+	bool "python-backcall"
+	help
+	  Specifications for callback functions passed in to an API.
+
+	  https://github.com/takluyver/backcall
diff --git a/package/python-backcall/python-backcall.hash b/package/python-backcall/python-backcall.hash
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2eccbdef5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/python-backcall/python-backcall.hash
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# md5, sha256 from https://pypi.org/pypi/backcall/json
+md5	87ce0c7839808e6a3427d57df6a792e7  backcall-0.1.0.tar.gz
+sha256	38ecd85be2c1e78f77fd91700c76e14667dc21e2713b63876c0eb901196e01e4  backcall-0.1.0.tar.gz
diff --git a/package/python-backcall/python-backcall.mk b/package/python-backcall/python-backcall.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3f95ea3d24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/python-backcall/python-backcall.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+################################################################################
+#
+# python-backcall
+#
+################################################################################
+
+PYTHON_BACKCALL_VERSION = 0.1.0
+PYTHON_BACKCALL_SOURCE = backcall-$(PYTHON_BACKCALL_VERSION).tar.gz
+PYTHON_BACKCALL_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/84/71/c8ca4f5bb1e08401b916c68003acf0a0655df935d74d93bf3f3364b310e0
+PYTHON_BACKCALL_SETUP_TYPE = distutils
+# From https://github.com/takluyver/backcall/blob/master/LICENSE
+PYTHON_BACKCALL_LICENSE = BSD-3-Clause
+
+$(eval $(python-package))