diff --git a/package/Config.in b/package/Config.in
index 45f234532f..1bd27592fd 100644
--- a/package/Config.in
+++ b/package/Config.in
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ menu "Development tools"
 	source "package/binutils/Config.in"
 	source "package/bsdiff/Config.in"
 	source "package/bustle/Config.in"
+	source "package/check/Config.in"
 	source "package/cmake/Config.in"
 	source "package/cppunit/Config.in"
 	source "package/cvs/Config.in"
diff --git a/package/check/Config.in b/package/check/Config.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..04682e1481
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/check/Config.in
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+config BR2_PACKAGE_CHECK
+	bool "check"
+	help
+	  Check is a unit testing framework for C.
+
+	  http://check.sourceforge.net/
diff --git a/package/check/check.hash b/package/check/check.hash
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0c3a924b57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/check/check.hash
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# From http://sourceforge.net/projects/check/files/check/0.10.0/
+md5	53c5e5c77d090e103a17f3ed7fd7d8b8	check-0.10.0.tar.gz
+sha1	35d3a53446aea7b21a770faedb358d0fc7cba76d	check-0.10.0.tar.gz
diff --git a/package/check/check.mk b/package/check/check.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..92dd033651
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/check/check.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+################################################################################
+#
+# check
+#
+################################################################################
+
+CHECK_VERSION = 0.10.0
+CHECK_SITE = http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/check/check/$(CHECK_VERSION)
+CHECK_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
+CHECK_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf
+CHECK_LICENSE = LGPLv2.1+
+CHECK_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING.LESSER
+
+# Having checkmk in the target makes no sense
+define CHECK_REMOVE_CHECKMK
+	rm -f $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/bin/checkmk
+endef
+CHECK_POST_INSTALL_TARGET_HOOKS += CHECK_REMOVE_CHECKMK
+
+$(eval $(autotools-package))