diff --git a/DEVELOPERS b/DEVELOPERS
index 7fa4851627..e8bb9fd54a 100644
--- a/DEVELOPERS
+++ b/DEVELOPERS
@@ -1864,6 +1864,7 @@ N:	Max Filippov <jcmvbkbc@gmail.com>
 F:	arch/Config.in.xtensa
 
 N:	Maxim Kochetkov <fido_max@inbox.ru>
+F:	package/libosmium/
 F:	package/postgis/
 F:	package/protozero/
 F:	package/timescaledb/
diff --git a/package/Config.in b/package/Config.in
index 9ced0a139e..48ddbb63b2 100644
--- a/package/Config.in
+++ b/package/Config.in
@@ -1938,6 +1938,7 @@ menu "Other"
 	source "package/libloki/Config.in"
 	source "package/libnpth/Config.in"
 	source "package/libnspr/Config.in"
+	source "package/libosmium/Config.in"
 	source "package/libpfm4/Config.in"
 	source "package/libplatform/Config.in"
 	source "package/libplist/Config.in"
diff --git a/package/libosmium/Config.in b/package/libosmium/Config.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9f002d3516
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/libosmium/Config.in
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBOSMIUM
+	bool "libosmium"
+	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_7 # C++11
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # boost
+	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # boost
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_PROTOZERO
+	help
+	  A fast and flexible C++ library for working with OpenStreetMap
+	  data. Libosmium works on Linux, macOS and Windows.
+
+	  https://osmcode.org/libosmium/
+
+comment "libosmium needs a toolchain w/ C++,  wchar, threads, gcc >= 4.7"
+	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || !BR2_USE_WCHAR || \
+		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_7 || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
diff --git a/package/libosmium/libosmium.hash b/package/libosmium/libosmium.hash
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..05d898bc7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/libosmium/libosmium.hash
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Locally calculated
+sha256  4a7672d7caf4da3bc68619912b298462370c423c697871a0be6273c6686e10d6  libosmium-2.17.0.tar.gz
+sha256  c9bff75738922193e67fa726fa225535870d2aa1059f91452c411736284ad566  LICENSE
diff --git a/package/libosmium/libosmium.mk b/package/libosmium/libosmium.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3beca73c4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/libosmium/libosmium.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+################################################################################
+#
+# libosmium
+#
+################################################################################
+
+LIBOSMIUM_VERSION = 2.17.0
+LIBOSMIUM_SITE = $(call github,osmcode,libosmium,v$(LIBOSMIUM_VERSION))
+LIBOSMIUM_LICENSE = BSL-1.0
+LIBOSMIUM_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
+LIBOSMIUM_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
+LIBOSMIUM_DEPENDENCIES = boost protozero
+
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_BZIP2),y)
+LIBOSMIUM_DEPENDENCIES += bzip2
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_EXPAT),y)
+LIBOSMIUM_DEPENDENCIES += expat
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGEOS),y)
+LIBOSMIUM_DEPENDENCIES += libgeos
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LZ4),y)
+LIBOSMIUM_DEPENDENCIES += lz4
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_PROJ),y)
+LIBOSMIUM_DEPENDENCIES += proj
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_ZLIB),y)
+LIBOSMIUM_DEPENDENCIES += zlib
+endif
+
+$(eval $(cmake-package))