diff --git a/package/Config.in b/package/Config.in
index 3b2f04aa0b..56eac65b76 100644
--- a/package/Config.in
+++ b/package/Config.in
@@ -1161,6 +1161,7 @@ menu "Hardware handling"
 	source "package/libnfc/Config.in"
 	source "package/libpciaccess/Config.in"
 	source "package/libphidget/Config.in"
+	source "package/libpri/Config.in"
 	source "package/libqmi/Config.in"
 	source "package/libraw1394/Config.in"
 	source "package/librtas/Config.in"
diff --git a/package/libpri/Config.in b/package/libpri/Config.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..de2d96fcc4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/libpri/Config.in
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBPRI
+	bool "libpri"
+	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # fork()
+	depends on BR2_LINUX_KERNEL
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_DAHDI_LINUX
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_DAHDI_TOOLS
+	help
+	  libpri is an open source library that encapsulates the
+	  protocols used to communicate over ISDN Primary Rate
+	  Interfaces (T1, E1, J1).
+
+	  http://www.asterisk.org/downloads/libpri
+
+comment "libpri needs a kernel to be built"
+	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
+	depends on !BR2_LINUX_KERNEL
+
+comment "libpri needs a toolchain w/ threads"
+	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
+	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
diff --git a/package/libpri/libpri.hash b/package/libpri/libpri.hash
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..47c4a00307
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/libpri/libpri.hash
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# sha1 and sha256 from http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/telephony/libpri/releases/
+sha1    63536f3300fb007dfd5fe8064406992ca938bd9a                          libpri-1.5.0.tar.gz
+sha256  ee224bc4aa65c54546bd09675c3f0b71817ce9e277332bce86989d8dcd556a24  libpri-1.5.0.tar.gz
+
+# License files, locally calculated
+sha256  fa5fc1d1eec39532ea517518eeefd7b6e3c14341a55e5880a0e2a49eee47a5b7  LICENSE
+sha256  53b8b3aea4faec23fd9dbd4936044aca80c9b00343e6e58ee3303cec19512b33  README
diff --git a/package/libpri/libpri.mk b/package/libpri/libpri.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2e2d0e8a6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/libpri/libpri.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+################################################################################
+#
+# libpri
+#
+################################################################################
+
+LIBPRI_VERSION = 1.5.0
+LIBPRI_SITE = http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/telephony/libpri/releases
+
+LIBPRI_LICENSE = GPL-2.0 with OpenH323 exception
+LIBPRI_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE README
+
+LIBPRI_DEPENDENCIES = dahdi-linux dahdi-tools
+LIBPRI_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
+
+# The Makefile default rule will always try to generate both libraries.
+# So we need to explicitly build only what we can.
+ifneq ($(BR2_SHARED_LIBS),y)
+LIBPRI_LIBS = libpri.a
+define LIBPRI_INSTALL_A
+	$(INSTALL) -D -m 0644 $(@D)/libpri.a $(1)/usr/lib/libpri.a
+endef
+endif
+
+ifneq ($(BR2_STATIC_LIBS),y)
+LIBPRI_LIBS += libpri.so.1.4
+define LIBPRI_INSTALL_SO
+	$(INSTALL) -D -m 0644 $(@D)/libpri.so.1.4 $(1)/usr/lib/libpri.so.1.4
+	ln -sf libpri.so.1.4 $(1)/usr/lib/libpri.so
+endef
+endif
+
+LIBPRI_UTILS = pridump pritest rosetest testprilib
+
+define LIBPRI_BUILD_CMDS
+	$(TARGET_MAKE_ENV) $(MAKE) $(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) -C $(@D) \
+		$(LIBPRI_LIBS) $(LIBPRI_UTILS)
+endef
+
+define LIBPRI_INSTALL_STAGING_CMDS
+	$(call LIBPRI_INSTALL_A,$(STAGING_DIR))
+	$(call LIBPRI_INSTALL_SO,$(STAGING_DIR))
+	$(INSTALL) -D -m 0644 $(@D)/libpri.h $(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include/libpri.h
+endef
+
+define LIBPRI_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
+	$(foreach u,$(LIBPRI_UTILS),\
+		$(INSTALL) -D -m 0755 $(@D)/$(u) $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/sbin/$(u)$(sep))
+	$(call LIBPRI_INSTALL_SO,$(TARGET_DIR))
+endef
+
+$(eval $(generic-package))