diff --git a/package/Config.in b/package/Config.in
index a3bd1d114e..16d84fefa9 100644
--- a/package/Config.in
+++ b/package/Config.in
@@ -714,6 +714,7 @@ menu "External python modules"
 	source "package/python-mad/Config.in"
 	source "package/python-mako/Config.in"
 	source "package/python-markdown/Config.in"
+	source "package/python-markdown2/Config.in"
 	source "package/python-markupsafe/Config.in"
 	source "package/python-mbstrdecoder/Config.in"
 	source "package/python-meld3/Config.in"
diff --git a/package/python-markdown2/Config.in b/package/python-markdown2/Config.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8fe2332491
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/python-markdown2/Config.in
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+config BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_MARKDOWN2
+	bool "python-markdown2"
+	help
+	  A fast and complete Python implementation of Markdown.
+
+	  https://github.com/trentm/python-markdown2
diff --git a/package/python-markdown2/python-markdown2.hash b/package/python-markdown2/python-markdown2.hash
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..17ae7d901d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/python-markdown2/python-markdown2.hash
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# Locally computed
+sha256	07e077f5d4aa5f1e2f061f9f94d9e22f9ea266411b8c557b9164fc0e6dff0595  python-markdown2-2.3.2.tar.gz
diff --git a/package/python-markdown2/python-markdown2.mk b/package/python-markdown2/python-markdown2.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1e343b43ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/python-markdown2/python-markdown2.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+################################################################################
+#
+# python-markdown2
+#
+################################################################################
+
+PYTHON_MARKDOWN2_VERSION = 2.3.2
+PYTHON_MARKDOWN2_SITE = $(call github,trentm,python-markdown2,$(PYTHON_MARKDOWN2_VERSION))
+PYTHON_MARKDOWN2_SETUP_TYPE = distutils
+PYTHON_MARKDOWN2_LICENSE = MIT
+PYTHON_MARKDOWN2_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE.txt
+
+$(eval $(python-package))