diff --git a/package/Config.in b/package/Config.in
index bad0f7bfb8..a45b0f9873 100644
--- a/package/Config.in
+++ b/package/Config.in
@@ -536,6 +536,7 @@ menu "external python modules"
 	source "package/python-keyring/Config.in"
 	source "package/python-libconfig/Config.in"
 	source "package/python-lxml/Config.in"
+	source "package/python-mako/Config.in"
 	source "package/python-mad/Config.in"
 	source "package/python-markdown/Config.in"
 	source "package/python-markupsafe/Config.in"
diff --git a/package/python-mako/Config.in b/package/python-mako/Config.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..442e290efa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/python-mako/Config.in
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+config BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_MAKO
+	bool "python-mako"
+	help
+	  Mako is a template library written in Python. It provides a
+	  familiar, non-XML syntax which compiles into Python modules
+	  for maximum performance.
+
+	  https://pypi.python.org/pypi/Mako
diff --git a/package/python-mako/python-mako.mk b/package/python-mako/python-mako.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..398b8d2fb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/python-mako/python-mako.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+################################################################################
+#
+# python-mako
+#
+################################################################################
+
+PYTHON_MAKO_VERSION = 1.0.1
+PYTHON_MAKO_SOURCE = Mako-$(PYTHON_MAKO_VERSION).tar.gz
+PYTHON_MAKO_SITE = https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/M/Mako
+PYTHON_MAKO_SETUP_TYPE = setuptools
+PYTHON_MAKO_LICENSE = MIT
+PYTHON_MAKO_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
+
+# In host build, setup.py tries to download markupsafe if it is not installed
+HOST_PYTHON_MAKO_DEPENDENCIES = host-python-markupsafe
+
+$(eval $(python-package))
+$(eval $(host-python-package))