diff --git a/package/Config.in b/package/Config.in
index 20e142fdc1..c47f1adbcf 100644
--- a/package/Config.in
+++ b/package/Config.in
@@ -523,6 +523,7 @@ source "package/gtk2-engines/Config.in"
 source "package/gtk2-themes/Config.in"
 source "package/harfbuzz/Config.in"
 source "package/imlib2/Config.in"
+source "package/jasper/Config.in"
 source "package/jpeg/Config.in"
 source "package/lcms2/Config.in"
 source "package/lesstif/Config.in"
diff --git a/package/jasper/Config.in b/package/jasper/Config.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..087b520f11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/jasper/Config.in
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+config BR2_PACKAGE_JASPER
+	bool "jasper"
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_JPEG
+	help
+	  JPEG-2000 decoder
+
+	  http://www.ece.uvic.ca/~mdadams/jasper/
diff --git a/package/jasper/jasper.mk b/package/jasper/jasper.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5092ab371d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/jasper/jasper.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#############################################################
+#
+# jasper
+#
+#############################################################
+
+JASPER_VERSION = 1.900.1
+JASPER_SITE = http://sources.openelec.tv/devel
+JASPER_SOURCE = jasper-$(JASPER_VERSION).tar.bz2
+JASPER_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
+JASPER_DEPENDENCIES = jpeg
+JASPER_LICENSE = MIT
+JASPER_LICENSE_FILE = LICENSE
+
+$(eval $(autotools-package))