diff --git a/package/Config.in b/package/Config.in
index 19bb9bf127..ec22c35698 100644
--- a/package/Config.in
+++ b/package/Config.in
@@ -627,6 +627,7 @@ menu "Graphics"
 	source "package/gtk2-engines/Config.in"
 	source "package/gtk2-themes/Config.in"
 	source "package/harfbuzz/Config.in"
+	source "package/hicolor-icon-theme/Config.in"
 	source "package/imlib2/Config.in"
 	source "package/jasper/Config.in"
 	source "package/jpeg/Config.in"
diff --git a/package/hicolor-icon-theme/Config.in b/package/hicolor-icon-theme/Config.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6cda097c12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/hicolor-icon-theme/Config.in
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+config BR2_PACKAGE_HICOLOR_ICON_THEME
+	bool "hicolor icon theme"
+	help
+	  Freedesktop Hicolor icon theme
+
+	  This is the fallback icon theme, which only creates the
+	  standard directory structure for storing icons of third-party
+	  applications (i.e. the ones not available in usual icon themes).
diff --git a/package/hicolor-icon-theme/hicolor-icon-theme.mk b/package/hicolor-icon-theme/hicolor-icon-theme.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..768aec88d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/hicolor-icon-theme/hicolor-icon-theme.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+################################################################################
+#
+# hicolor-icon-theme
+#
+################################################################################
+
+HICOLOR_ICON_THEME_VERSION = 0.13
+HICOLOR_ICON_THEME_SITE = http://icon-theme.freedesktop.org/releases/
+HICOLOR_ICON_THEME_LICENSE = GPLv2
+HICOLOR_ICON_THEME_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
+
+$(eval $(autotools-package))