diff --git a/package/Config.in b/package/Config.in
index a849266bac..8b9c81666e 100644
--- a/package/Config.in
+++ b/package/Config.in
@@ -338,6 +338,7 @@ source "package/libupnp/Config.in"
 endmenu
 
 menu "Other"
+source "package/fftw/Config.in"
 source "package/libargtable2/Config.in"
 source "package/argp-standalone/Config.in"
 source "package/libatomic_ops/Config.in"
diff --git a/package/fftw/Config.in b/package/fftw/Config.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..36f849f12b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/fftw/Config.in
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+config BR2_PACKAGE_FFTW
+	bool "fftw"
+	help
+	  Library for computing Fast Fourier Transforms.
+
+	  This library computes Fast Fourier Transforms (FFT) in one
+	  or more dimensions.  It is extremely fast. This package
+	  contains the shared library version of the fftw libraries in
+	  double precision.
+
+	  http://www.fftw.org
diff --git a/package/fftw/fftw.mk b/package/fftw/fftw.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a5b3588624
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/fftw/fftw.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+################################################################################
+#
+# fftw
+#
+################################################################################
+
+FFTW_VERSION = 3.3
+FFTW_SITE = http://www.fftw.org
+FFTW_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
+
+$(eval $(call AUTOTARGETS,package,fftw))