diff --git a/package/Config.in b/package/Config.in
index b06c669e1..09aa76abc 100644
--- a/package/Config.in
+++ b/package/Config.in
@@ -338,6 +338,7 @@ source "package/libelf/Config.in"
 source "package/libevent/Config.in"
 source "package/libffi/Config.in"
 source "package/libglib2/Config.in"
+source "package/libnspr/Config.in"
 source "package/liboil/Config.in"
 source "package/libsigc/Config.in"
 source "package/startup-notification/Config.in"
diff --git a/package/libnspr/Config.in b/package/libnspr/Config.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..53086f073
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/libnspr/Config.in
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBNSPR
+	bool "libnspr"
+	depends on BR2_LARGEFILE
+	help
+	  NSPR is the Netscape Portable Runtime library which provides
+	  a platform-neutral API for system level and libc like
+	  functions. The library is used by the Mozilla project as well
+	  as others.
+
+	  http://www.mozilla.org/projects/nspr/
+
+comment "libnspr requires a toolchain with LARGEFILE support"
+	depends on !BR2_LARGEFILE
diff --git a/package/libnspr/libnspr.mk b/package/libnspr/libnspr.mk
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9ba743121
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/libnspr/libnspr.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#############################################################
+#
+# libnspr
+#
+#############################################################
+LIBNSPR_VERSION = 4.8.7
+LIBNSPR_SOURCE = nspr-$(LIBNSPR_VERSION).tar.gz
+LIBNSPR_SITE = https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/nspr/releases/v$(LIBNSPR_VERSION)/src/
+LIBNSPR_SUBDIR = mozilla/nsprpub
+LIBNSPR_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
+# Set the host CFLAGS and LDFLAGS so NSPR does not guess wrongly
+LIBNSPR_CONF_ENV = HOST_CFLAGS="-g -O2" \
+		   HOST_LDFLAGS="-lc"
+# NSPR mixes up --build and --host
+LIBNSPR_CONF_OPT = --host=$(GNU_HOST_NAME)
+
+$(eval $(call AUTOTARGETS,package,libnspr))