diff --git a/DEVELOPERS b/DEVELOPERS
index 8bfe9b4d5c..9c5897c208 100644
--- a/DEVELOPERS
+++ b/DEVELOPERS
@@ -1181,6 +1181,7 @@ F:	package/libnids/
 F:	package/libxcrypt/
 F:	package/liquid-dsp/
 F:	package/pixiewps/
+F:	package/python-gast/
 F:	package/python-pybind/
 F:	package/reaver/
 F:	support/testing/tests/package/br2-external/python-pybind
diff --git a/package/python-gast/python-gast.hash b/package/python-gast/python-gast.hash
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f16d001a6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/python-gast/python-gast.hash
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# md5, sha256 from https://pypi.org/pypi/gast/json
+md5  fdff900805e03e9dd76d377eb4cbaed7  gast-0.5.3.tar.gz
+sha256  cfbea25820e653af9c7d1807f659ce0a0a9c64f2439421a7bba4f0983f532dea  gast-0.5.3.tar.gz
+# Locally computed sha256 checksums
+sha256  6a04bbabd9b48bea6bf7c0bd3f3a062e1476b3c403a746448fd69b0d902e148f  LICENSE
diff --git a/package/python-gast/python-gast.mk b/package/python-gast/python-gast.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e02e87fb23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/python-gast/python-gast.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+################################################################################
+#
+# python-gast
+#
+################################################################################
+
+PYTHON_GAST_VERSION = 0.5.3
+PYTHON_GAST_SOURCE = gast-$(PYTHON_GAST_VERSION).tar.gz
+PYTHON_GAST_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/48/a3/0bd844c54ae8141642088b7ae09dd38fec2ec7faa9b7d25bb6a23c1f266f
+PYTHON_GAST_SETUP_TYPE = setuptools
+PYTHON_GAST_LICENSE = BSD-3-Clause
+PYTHON_GAST_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
+
+$(eval $(host-python-package))