diff --git a/package/Config.in b/package/Config.in
index a45b0f9873..c169369a49 100644
--- a/package/Config.in
+++ b/package/Config.in
@@ -1091,6 +1091,7 @@ endif
 	source "package/fping/Config.in"
 	source "package/gesftpserver/Config.in"
 	source "package/gutenprint/Config.in"
+	source "package/hans/Config.in"
 	source "package/hiawatha/Config.in"
 	source "package/hostapd/Config.in"
 	source "package/hplip/Config.in"
diff --git a/package/hans/Config.in b/package/hans/Config.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7b60090f62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/hans/Config.in
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+comment "hans needs a toolchain w/ C++"
+	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
+
+config BR2_PACKAGE_HANS
+	bool "hans"
+	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
+	help
+	  Hans makes it possible to tunnel IPv4 through ICMP echo packets,
+	  so you could call it a ping tunnel.
+	  This can be useful when you find yourself in the situation
+	  that your Internet access is firewalled, but pings are allowed.
+
+	  http://code.gerade.org/hans/
diff --git a/package/hans/hans.hash b/package/hans/hans.hash
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c1a28df129
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/hans/hans.hash
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# From http://sourceforge.net/projects/hanstunnel/files/source/
+md5	97a93a886bc766212257198fd99d1061	hans-0.4.4.tar.gz
+sha1	8a21a9acc6d52cf7d2a5049523469e2609716ab3	hans-0.4.4.tar.gz
diff --git a/package/hans/hans.mk b/package/hans/hans.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bda091f33a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/hans/hans.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+################################################################################
+#
+# hans
+#
+################################################################################
+
+HANS_VERSION = 0.4.4
+HANS_SITE = http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/hanstunnel/source
+HANS_LICENSE = GPLv3+
+HANS_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
+
+define HANS_BUILD_CMDS
+	$(MAKE) GCC="$(TARGET_CC)" GPP="$(TARGET_CXX)" -C $(@D)
+endef
+
+define HANS_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
+	$(INSTALL) -m 755 -D $(@D)/hans $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/sbin/hans
+endef
+
+$(eval $(generic-package))