diff --git a/package/Config.in b/package/Config.in
index ab917195f3..705ff5ac9d 100644
--- a/package/Config.in
+++ b/package/Config.in
@@ -373,6 +373,7 @@ source "package/copas/Config.in"
 source "package/coxpcall/Config.in"
 source "package/lbase64/Config.in"
 source "package/ljsyscall/Config.in"
+source "package/lpeg/Config.in"
 source "package/lua-cjson/Config.in"
 source "package/lua-ev/Config.in"
 source "package/lua-msgpack-native/Config.in"
diff --git a/package/lpeg/Config.in b/package/lpeg/Config.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..da54d61ab5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/lpeg/Config.in
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+config BR2_PACKAGE_LPEG
+	bool "lpeg"
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_LUA_INTERPRETER
+	help
+	  LPeg is a new pattern-matching library for Lua,
+	  based on Parsing Expression Grammars (PEGs).
+
+	  http://www.inf.puc-rio.br/~roberto/lpeg/lpeg.html
diff --git a/package/lpeg/lpeg.mk b/package/lpeg/lpeg.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a9759e59c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/lpeg/lpeg.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+################################################################################
+#
+# lpeg
+#
+################################################################################
+
+LPEG_VERSION = 0.12-1
+LPEG_LICENSE = MIT
+
+$(eval $(luarocks-package))