diff --git a/DEVELOPERS b/DEVELOPERS
index a125b45b38..e72ec0d70a 100644
--- a/DEVELOPERS
+++ b/DEVELOPERS
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ F:	package/python-daphne/
 F:	package/python-django-enumfields/
 F:	package/python-flask-sqlalchemy/
 F:	package/python-gitdb2/
+F:	package/python-lockfile/
 F:	package/python-mutagen/
 F:	package/python-pbr/
 F:	package/python-pip/
diff --git a/package/Config.in b/package/Config.in
index efe90dfc09..44e2b9fe31 100644
--- a/package/Config.in
+++ b/package/Config.in
@@ -976,6 +976,7 @@ menu "External python modules"
 	source "package/python-libconfig/Config.in"
 	source "package/python-libusb1/Config.in"
 	source "package/python-lmdb/Config.in"
+	source "package/python-lockfile/Config.in"
 	source "package/python-logbook/Config.in"
 	source "package/python-logstash/Config.in"
 	source "package/python-lxml/Config.in"
diff --git a/package/python-lockfile/Config.in b/package/python-lockfile/Config.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0e4a0fdd7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/python-lockfile/Config.in
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+config BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_LOCKFILE
+	bool "python-lockfile"
+	help
+	  The lockfile package exports a LockFile class which provides a
+	  simple API for locking files. Unlike the Windows
+	  msvcrt.locking function, the fcntl.lockf and flock functions,
+	  and the deprecated posixfile module, the API is identical
+	  across both Unix (including Linux and Mac) and Windows
+	  platforms.
+
+	  The lock mechanism relies on the atomic nature of the link
+	  (on Unix) and mkdir (on Windows) system calls. An
+	  implementation based on SQLite is also provided, more as a
+	  demonstration of the possibilities it provides than as
+	  production-quality code.
+
+	  https://pypi.org/project/lockfile/
diff --git a/package/python-lockfile/python-lockfile.hash b/package/python-lockfile/python-lockfile.hash
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ac1b7d2d4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/python-lockfile/python-lockfile.hash
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# md5, sha256 from https://pypi.org/project/lockfile/#copy-hash-modal-3c1db9ec-dd6e-4d06-8543-91094f428ac0
+md5	a6a1a82957a23afdf44cfdd039b65ff9  lockfile-0.12.2.tar.gz
+sha256	6aed02de03cba24efabcd600b30540140634fc06cfa603822d508d5361e9f799  lockfile-0.12.2.tar.gz
+# Locally computed sha256
+sha256 a26276d53dacb369641f31aa0fe37216028a0d93753f862ae206ce04f54b7b29 LICENSE
diff --git a/package/python-lockfile/python-lockfile.mk b/package/python-lockfile/python-lockfile.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..212edcdcae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/python-lockfile/python-lockfile.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+################################################################################
+#
+# python-lockfile
+#
+################################################################################
+
+PYTHON_LOCKFILE_VERSION = 0.12.2
+PYTHON_LOCKFILE_SOURCE = lockfile-$(PYTHON_LOCKFILE_VERSION).tar.gz
+PYTHON_LOCKFILE_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/17/47/72cb04a58a35ec495f96984dddb48232b551aafb95bde614605b754fe6f7
+PYTHON_LOCKFILE_SETUP_TYPE = setuptools
+PYTHON_LOCKFILE_LICENSE = MIT
+PYTHON_LOCKFILE_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
+PYTHON_LOCKFILE_DEPENDENCIES = host-python-pbr
+
+$(eval $(python-package))