diff --git a/DEVELOPERS b/DEVELOPERS
index 8dde37bd67..830dab56f0 100644
--- a/DEVELOPERS
+++ b/DEVELOPERS
@@ -2787,6 +2787,7 @@ N:	Sven Oliver Moll <svolli@svolli.de>
 F:	package/most/
 
 N:	TIAN Yuanhao <tianyuanhao3@163.com>
+F:	package/cli11/
 F:	package/open-isns/
 
 N:	Tan En De <ende.tan@starfivetech.com>
diff --git a/package/Config.in b/package/Config.in
index b5418c56f6..3773901552 100644
--- a/package/Config.in
+++ b/package/Config.in
@@ -2150,6 +2150,7 @@ endmenu
 
 menu "Text and terminal handling"
 	source "package/augeas/Config.in"
+	source "package/cli11/Config.in"
 	source "package/docopt-cpp/Config.in"
 	source "package/enchant/Config.in"
 	source "package/fmt/Config.in"
diff --git a/package/cli11/Config.in b/package/cli11/Config.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..87db9ac8f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/cli11/Config.in
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+config BR2_PACKAGE_CLI11
+	bool "cli11"
+	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_8 # C++11
+	help
+	  CLI11 is a command line parser for C++11 and beyond that
+	  provides a rich feature set with a simple and intuitive
+	  interface.
+
+	  https://github.com/CLIUtils/CLI11
+
+comment "cli11 needs a toolchain w/ C++, gcc >= 4.8"
+	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_8
diff --git a/package/cli11/cli11.hash b/package/cli11/cli11.hash
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..12e5b4fb55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/cli11/cli11.hash
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Locally calculated
+sha256  378da73d2d1d9a7b82ad6ed2b5bda3e7bc7093c4034a1d680a2e009eb067e7b2  cli11-2.3.1.tar.gz
+sha256  89022151dbf5827a22430557ef2f8a75808dd25fa1e9a12709ef5421d363e66d  LICENSE
diff --git a/package/cli11/cli11.mk b/package/cli11/cli11.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b02bd4478f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/cli11/cli11.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+################################################################################
+#
+# cli11
+#
+################################################################################
+
+CLI11_VERSION = 2.3.1
+CLI11_SITE = $(call github,CLIUtils,CLI11,v$(CLI11_VERSION))
+CLI11_LICENSE = BSD-3-Clause
+CLI11_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
+CLI11_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
+CLI11_INSTALL_TARGET = NO
+CLI11_CONF_OPTS = -DCLI11_BUILD_DOCS=OFF -DCLI11_BUILD_EXAMPLES=OFF
+
+$(eval $(cmake-package))