diff --git a/DEVELOPERS b/DEVELOPERS
index 14bf8d982c..a1bb99319c 100644
--- a/DEVELOPERS
+++ b/DEVELOPERS
@@ -2837,6 +2837,7 @@ F:	package/tl-expected/
 
 N:	Takumi Takahashi <takumiiinn@gmail.com>
 F:	package/gsettings-desktop-schemas/
+F:	package/libcanberra/
 
 N:	Tan En De <ende.tan@starfivetech.com>
 F:	package/libkcapi/
diff --git a/package/Config.in b/package/Config.in
index a7aee1816d..9da39c2159 100644
--- a/package/Config.in
+++ b/package/Config.in
@@ -1426,6 +1426,7 @@ menu "Audio/Sound"
 	source "package/fdk-aac/Config.in"
 	source "package/libao/Config.in"
 	source "package/libbroadvoice/Config.in"
+	source "package/libcanberra/Config.in"
 	source "package/libcdaudio/Config.in"
 	source "package/libcddb/Config.in"
 	source "package/libcdio/Config.in"
diff --git a/package/libcanberra/Config.in b/package/libcanberra/Config.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b24088005a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/libcanberra/Config.in
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+comment "libcanberra needs a toolchain w/ wchar, threads, dynamic library"
+	depends on !BR2_USE_WCHAR || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || \
+		BR2_STATIC_LIBS
+
+config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBCANBERRA
+	bool "libcanberra"
+	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
+	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS
+	# We need at least one audio backend
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_ALSA_LIB if \
+	       !BR2_PACKAGE_PULSEAUDIO && \
+	       !BR2_PACKAGE_GSTREAMER1
+	# We need libltdl
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBTOOL
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBVORBIS
+	help
+	  libcanberra defines a simple abstract interface for playing
+	  event sounds.
+
+	  http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/libcanberra/
diff --git a/package/libcanberra/libcanberra.hash b/package/libcanberra/libcanberra.hash
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8dc90ccd88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/libcanberra/libcanberra.hash
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Locally calculated
+sha256  c2b671e67e0c288a69fc33dc1b6f1b534d07882c2aceed37004bf48c601afa72  libcanberra-0.30.tar.xz
+sha256  a9bdde5616ecdd1e980b44f360600ee8783b1f99b8cc83a2beb163a0a390e861  LGPL
diff --git a/package/libcanberra/libcanberra.mk b/package/libcanberra/libcanberra.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1eadcb571b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/libcanberra/libcanberra.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+################################################################################
+#
+# libcanberra
+#
+################################################################################
+
+LIBCANBERRA_VERSION = 0.30
+LIBCANBERRA_SOURCE = libcanberra-$(LIBCANBERRA_VERSION).tar.xz
+LIBCANBERRA_SITE = http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/libcanberra
+LIBCANBERRA_LICENSE = LGPL-2.1+
+LIBCANBERRA_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
+LIBCANBERRA_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
+
+LIBCANBERRA_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf libtool libvorbis
+LIBCANBERRA_CONF_OPTS = --disable-oss --disable-null --disable-tdb --disable-lynx
+
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_UDEV),y)
+LIBCANBERRA_CONF_OPTS += --enable-udev
+LIBCANBERRA_DEPENDENCIES += udev
+else
+LIBCANBERRA_CONF_OPTS += --disable-udev
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_ALSA_LIB),y)
+LIBCANBERRA_CONF_OPTS += --enable-alsa
+LIBCANBERRA_DEPENDENCIES += alsa-lib
+else
+LIBCANBERRA_CONF_OPTS += --disable-alsa
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_PULSEAUDIO),y)
+LIBCANBERRA_CONF_OPTS += --enable-pulse
+LIBCANBERRA_DEPENDENCIES += pulseaudio
+else
+LIBCANBERRA_CONF_OPTS += --disable-pulse
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_GSTREAMER1),y)
+LIBCANBERRA_CONF_OPTS += --enable-gstreamer
+LIBCANBERRA_DEPENDENCIES += gstreamer1
+else
+LIBCANBERRA_CONF_OPTS += --disable-gstreamer
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGTK2),y)
+LIBCANBERRA_CONF_OPTS += --enable-gtk
+LIBCANBERRA_DEPENDENCIES += libgtk2
+else
+LIBCANBERRA_CONF_OPTS += --disable-gtk
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGTK3_X11),y)
+LIBCANBERRA_CONF_OPTS += --enable-gtk3
+LIBCANBERRA_DEPENDENCIES += libgtk3
+else
+LIBCANBERRA_CONF_OPTS += --disable-gtk3
+endif
+
+$(eval $(autotools-package))