diff --git a/DEVELOPERS b/DEVELOPERS
index 6ade852ee3..f86a5dc278 100644
--- a/DEVELOPERS
+++ b/DEVELOPERS
@@ -64,6 +64,9 @@ F:	package/liblog4c-localtime/
 N:	Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@free-electrons.com>
 F:	package/tz/
 
+N:	Alexandre Esse <alexandre.esse.dev@gmail.com>
+F:	package/kvazaar/
+
 N:	Alistair Francis <alistair.francis@xilinx.com>
 F:	package/xen/
 
diff --git a/package/Config.in b/package/Config.in
index c997e2a306..aeb7430c89 100644
--- a/package/Config.in
+++ b/package/Config.in
@@ -1219,6 +1219,7 @@ endmenu
 
 menu "Multimedia"
 	source "package/bitstream/Config.in"
+	source "package/kvazaar/Config.in"
 	source "package/libaacs/Config.in"
 	source "package/libamcodec/Config.in"
 	source "package/libass/Config.in"
diff --git a/package/kvazaar/Config.in b/package/kvazaar/Config.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..337714596d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/kvazaar/Config.in
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+config BR2_PACKAGE_KVAZAAR
+	bool "kvazaar"
+	help
+	  An open-source HEVC encoder licensed under LGPLv2.1
+
+	  https://github.com/ultravideo/kvazaar
diff --git a/package/kvazaar/kvazaar.hash b/package/kvazaar/kvazaar.hash
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..80f480b5d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/kvazaar/kvazaar.hash
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# Locally calculated
+sha256 8e382738a51004bfcfca4c832e8b41fe6a17f889f3c39151dc1c1a37261a3a6d  kvazaar-v1.1.0.tar.gz
diff --git a/package/kvazaar/kvazaar.mk b/package/kvazaar/kvazaar.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..30b8bda3aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/kvazaar/kvazaar.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+################################################################################
+#
+# kvazaar
+#
+################################################################################
+
+KVAZAAR_VERSION = v1.1.0
+KVAZAAR_SITE = $(call github,ultravideo,kvazaar,$(KVAZAAR_VERSION))
+KVAZAAR_LICENSE = LGPL-2.1+
+KVAZAAR_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
+KVAZAAR_AUTORECONF = YES
+KVAZAAR_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
+KVAZAAR_CONF_OPTS = --without-cryptopp
+
+$(eval $(autotools-package))