diff --git a/DEVELOPERS b/DEVELOPERS
index 30fcf69970..770888fb23 100644
--- a/DEVELOPERS
+++ b/DEVELOPERS
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ F:	package/python-channels-redis/
 F:	package/python-daphne/
 F:	package/python-django-enumfields/
 F:	package/python-flask-sqlalchemy/
+F:	package/python-gitdb2/
 F:	package/python-mutagen/
 F:	package/python-pip/
 F:	package/python-psycopg2/
diff --git a/package/Config.in b/package/Config.in
index c7f8389809..4480259af5 100644
--- a/package/Config.in
+++ b/package/Config.in
@@ -929,6 +929,7 @@ menu "External python modules"
 	source "package/python-functools32/Config.in"
 	source "package/python-future/Config.in"
 	source "package/python-futures/Config.in"
+	source "package/python-gitdb2/Config.in"
 	source "package/python-gobject/Config.in"
 	source "package/python-gunicorn/Config.in"
 	source "package/python-h2/Config.in"
diff --git a/package/python-gitdb2/Config.in b/package/python-gitdb2/Config.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a5962e7b77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/python-gitdb2/Config.in
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+config BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_GITDB2
+	bool "python-gitdb2"
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_SMMAP2 # runtime
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_ZLIB if BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON  # runtime
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3_ZLIB if BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3  # runtime
+	help
+	  GitDB allows you to access bare git repositories for reading
+	  and writing. It aims at allowing full access to loose objects
+	  as well as packs with performance and scalability in mind. It
+	  operates exclusively on streams, allowing to handle large
+	  objects with a small memory footprint.
+
+	  https://github.com/gitpython-developers/gitdb
diff --git a/package/python-gitdb2/python-gitdb2.hash b/package/python-gitdb2/python-gitdb2.hash
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e97d25cf4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/python-gitdb2/python-gitdb2.hash
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# md5, sha256 from https://pypi.org/pypi/gitdb2/json
+md5	1a7ea3362e405f8a5634f7ee53636094  gitdb2-2.0.6.tar.gz
+sha256	1b6df1433567a51a4a9c1a5a0de977aa351a405cc56d7d35f3388bad1f630350  gitdb2-2.0.6.tar.gz
+# Locally computed sha256 checksums
+sha256	efd29f596a08e8857e68e7694a50bcda72839792da7c3f041bcbff5f18009239  LICENSE
diff --git a/package/python-gitdb2/python-gitdb2.mk b/package/python-gitdb2/python-gitdb2.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7664a13504
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/python-gitdb2/python-gitdb2.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+################################################################################
+#
+# python-gitdb2
+#
+################################################################################
+
+PYTHON_GITDB2_VERSION = 2.0.6
+PYTHON_GITDB2_SOURCE = gitdb2-$(PYTHON_GITDB2_VERSION).tar.gz
+PYTHON_GITDB2_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/c5/62/ed7205331e8d7cc377e2512cb32f8f8f075c0defce767551d0a76e102ce2
+PYTHON_GITDB2_SETUP_TYPE = setuptools
+PYTHON_GITDB2_LICENSE = BSD-3-Clause
+PYTHON_GITDB2_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
+
+$(eval $(python-package))