diff --git a/package/Config.in b/package/Config.in
index ef191b3b7..017d05079 100644
--- a/package/Config.in
+++ b/package/Config.in
@@ -755,6 +755,7 @@ menu "Networking"
 	source "package/libidn/Config.in"
 	source "package/libiscsi/Config.in"
 	source "package/libmbus/Config.in"
+	source "package/libmemcached/Config.in"
 	source "package/libmicrohttpd/Config.in"
 	source "package/libmnl/Config.in"
 	source "package/libmodbus/Config.in"
diff --git a/package/libmemcached/Config.in b/package/libmemcached/Config.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e9dd2c477
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/libmemcached/Config.in
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBMEMCACHED
+	bool "libmemcached"
+	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_GLIBC # posix spawn, va_list breakage
+	help
+	  libMemcached is an open source C/C++ client library and tools
+	  for the memcached server.
+	  It has been designed to be light on memory usage, thread safe,
+	  and provide full access to server side methods.
+
+	  http://libmemcached.org/libMemcached.html
+
+comment "libmemcached needs a (e)glibc toolchain w/ C++, threads"
+	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_GLIBC \
+		|| !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
diff --git a/package/libmemcached/libmemcached.mk b/package/libmemcached/libmemcached.mk
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d901e7007
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/libmemcached/libmemcached.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+################################################################################
+#
+# libmemcached
+#
+################################################################################
+
+LIBMEMCACHED_MAJOR_VERSION = 1.0
+LIBMEMCACHED_VERSION = $(LIBMEMCACHED_MAJOR_VERSION).18
+LIBMEMCACHED_SITE = http://launchpad.net/libmemcached/$(LIBMEMCACHED_MAJOR_VERSION)/$(LIBMEMCACHED_VERSION)/+download
+LIBMEMCACHED_CONF_ENV = ac_cv_prog_cc_c99='-std=gnu99'
+LIBMEMCACHED_CONF_OPT = --disable-dtrace
+LIBMEMCACHED_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
+LIBMEMCACHED_DEPENDENCIES = $(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBEVENT),libevent)
+LIBMEMCACHED_LICENSE = BSD-3c
+LIBMEMCACHED_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
+
+$(eval $(autotools-package))