diff --git a/package/Config.in b/package/Config.in
index a4efa75f35..1932353f47 100644
--- a/package/Config.in
+++ b/package/Config.in
@@ -280,6 +280,7 @@ source "package/dmidecode/Config.in"
 source "package/dmraid/Config.in"
 source "package/dvb-apps/Config.in"
 source "package/dvbsnoop/Config.in"
+source "package/dtv-scan-tables/Config.in"
 source "package/eeprog/Config.in"
 source "package/eudev/Config.in"
 source "package/evemu/Config.in"
diff --git a/package/dtv-scan-tables/Config.in b/package/dtv-scan-tables/Config.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..05a3b1c187
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/dtv-scan-tables/Config.in
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+config BR2_PACKAGE_DTV_SCAN_TABLES
+	bool "dtv-scan-tables"
+	# dvb-apps installs its own set of transponder data
+	depends on !BR2_PACKAGE_DVB_APPS
+	help
+	  The Digital TV scan tables.
+
+	  http://git.linuxtv.org/dtv-scan-tables.git
diff --git a/package/dtv-scan-tables/dtv-scan-tables.mk b/package/dtv-scan-tables/dtv-scan-tables.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..27973217ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/dtv-scan-tables/dtv-scan-tables.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+################################################################################
+#
+# dtv-scan-tables
+#
+################################################################################
+
+DTV_SCAN_TABLES_VERSION = cfc29758d1357b724f3bf27c3b1b277e242841fa
+DTV_SCAN_TABLES_SITE = http://linuxtv.org/git/dtv-scan-tables.git
+DTV_SCAN_TABLES_SITE_METHOD = git
+
+# This package only contains the transponders data. This is not a 'work'
+# as per traditional copyright, but just a collection of 'facts', so there's
+# probably no license to apply to these data files.
+# However, the package prominently contains the COPYING and COPYING.LIB
+# license files (respectively for the GPLv2 and the LGPLv2.1), so we use
+# that as the licensing information.
+DTV_SCAN_TABLES_LICENSE = GPLv2 LGPLv2.1
+DTV_SCAN_TABLES_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING COPYING.LIB
+
+define DTV_SCAN_TABLES_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
+	for f in atsc dvb-c dvb-s dvb-t; do \
+		$(INSTALL) -d -m 0755 $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/share/dvb/$$f; \
+		$(INSTALL) $(@D)/$$f/* $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/share/dvb/$$f; \
+	done
+endef
+
+$(eval $(generic-package))