diff --git a/package/Config.in b/package/Config.in
index 32be4d981f..4c4da5119d 100644
--- a/package/Config.in
+++ b/package/Config.in
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ if BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX_SHOW_OTHERS
 source "package/grep/Config.in"
 endif
 source "package/intltool/Config.in"
+source "package/jq/Config.in"
 source "package/libtool/Config.in"
 source "package/m4/Config.in"
 source "package/make/Config.in"
diff --git a/package/jq/Config.in b/package/jq/Config.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9329b2fb35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/jq/Config.in
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+config BR2_PACKAGE_JQ
+	bool "jq"
+	help
+	  jq is like sed for JSON data - you can use it to slice and filter
+	  and map and transform structured data with the same ease that sed,
+	  awk, grep and friends let you play with text.
+
+	  http://stedolan.github.io/jq/
diff --git a/package/jq/jq.mk b/package/jq/jq.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8d4f24f0d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/jq/jq.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+################################################################################
+#
+# jq
+#
+################################################################################
+
+JQ_VERSION = jq-1.3
+JQ_SITE = http://github.com/stedolan/jq/tarball/$(JQ_VERSION)
+JQ_AUTORECONF = YES
+JQ_DEPENDENCIES = host-flex host-bison
+JQ_LICENSE = MIT (code), CC-BY-3.0 (documentation)
+JQ_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
+
+# uses c99 specific features
+JQ_CONF_ENV += CFLAGS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS) -std=c99"
+
+$(eval $(autotools-package))