diff --git a/package/Config.in b/package/Config.in
index 03639e43d1..9e361b9469 100644
--- a/package/Config.in
+++ b/package/Config.in
@@ -907,6 +907,7 @@ menu "Other"
 	source "package/startup-notification/Config.in"
 	source "package/tz/Config.in"
 	source "package/tzdata/Config.in"
+	source "package/libunistring/Config.in"
 endmenu
 
 menu "Security"
diff --git a/package/libunistring/Config.in b/package/libunistring/Config.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ebb37d9794
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/libunistring/Config.in
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBUNISTRING
+	bool "libunistring"
+	help
+	  The libunistring library provides functions for manipulating
+	  Unicode strings and for manipulating C strings according to
+	  the Unicode standard.
+
+	  http://www.gnu.org/software/libunistring/
diff --git a/package/libunistring/libunistring.mk b/package/libunistring/libunistring.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3234ddcfa0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/libunistring/libunistring.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+################################################################################
+#
+# libunistring
+#
+################################################################################
+
+LIBUNISTRING_VERSION = 0.9.4
+LIBUNISTRING_SITE = $(BR2_GNU_MIRROR)/libunistring
+LIBUNISTRING_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
+LIBUNISTRING_LICENSE = LGPLv3+
+LIBUNISTRING_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING.LIB
+
+ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS),y)
+LIBUNISTRING_CONF_OPTS += --enable-threads=posix
+else
+LIBUNISTRING_CONF_OPTS += --disable-threads
+endif
+
+$(eval $(autotools-package))