diff --git a/package/Config.in b/package/Config.in
index bb5b144e82..b8fc7d15af 100644
--- a/package/Config.in
+++ b/package/Config.in
@@ -837,6 +837,7 @@ menu "Networking"
 	source "package/libtorrent/Config.in"
 	source "package/libupnp/Config.in"
 	source "package/libupnpp/Config.in"
+	source "package/liburiparser/Config.in"
 	source "package/libvncserver/Config.in"
 	source "package/libwebsockets/Config.in"
 	source "package/neon/Config.in"
diff --git a/package/liburiparser/Config.in b/package/liburiparser/Config.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..95a6fe83ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/liburiparser/Config.in
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBURIPARSER
+	bool "liburiparser"
+	help
+	  uriparser is a strictly RFC 3986 compliant URI parsing and handling
+	  library written in C.
+
+	  http://uriparser.sourceforge.net
diff --git a/package/liburiparser/liburiparser.hash b/package/liburiparser/liburiparser.hash
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..84340f8b9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/liburiparser/liburiparser.hash
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# From http://sourceforge.net/projects/uriparser/files/Sources/0.8.1/
+md5	4e4c5f0ee6abb111a431c45e144247aa		uriparser-0.8.1.tar.bz2
+sha1	4405d8baa0d9f5bc0319e6d5e68770acab67b602	uriparser-0.8.1.tar.bz2
diff --git a/package/liburiparser/liburiparser.mk b/package/liburiparser/liburiparser.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..661fa960f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/liburiparser/liburiparser.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+################################################################################
+#
+# liburiparser
+#
+################################################################################
+
+LIBURIPARSER_VERSION = 0.8.1
+LIBURIPARSER_SOURCE = uriparser-$(LIBURIPARSER_VERSION).tar.bz2
+LIBURIPARSER_SITE = http://sourceforge.net/projects/uriparser/files/Sources/$(LIBURIPARSER_VERSION)
+LIBURIPARSER_LICENSE = BSD-3c
+LIBURIPARSER_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
+LIBURIPARSER_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
+LIBURIPARSER_CONF_OPTS = --disable-test
+
+ifeq ($(BR2_USE_WCHAR),)
+LIBURIPARSER_CONF_OPTS += --disable-wchar_t
+endif
+
+$(eval $(autotools-package))