diff --git a/package/Config.in b/package/Config.in
index 01a91b696..4c62f822d 100644
--- a/package/Config.in
+++ b/package/Config.in
@@ -425,6 +425,7 @@ if BR2_PACKAGE_PERL
 menu "Perl libraries/modules"
 	source "package/perl-mojolicious/Config.in"
 	source "package/perl-net-ssleay/Config.in"
+	source "package/perl-xml-namespacesupport/Config.in"
 endmenu
 endif
 	source "package/php/Config.in"
diff --git a/package/perl-xml-namespacesupport/Config.in b/package/perl-xml-namespacesupport/Config.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bc67d4790
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/perl-xml-namespacesupport/Config.in
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+config BR2_PACKAGE_PERL_XML_NAMESPACESUPPORT
+	bool "perl-xml-namespacesupport"
+	help
+	  a simple generic namespace support class
+
+	  https://metacpan.org/release/XML-NamespaceSupport
diff --git a/package/perl-xml-namespacesupport/perl-xml-namespacesupport.mk b/package/perl-xml-namespacesupport/perl-xml-namespacesupport.mk
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8b87a2fb7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/perl-xml-namespacesupport/perl-xml-namespacesupport.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+################################################################################
+#
+# perl-xml-namespacesupport
+#
+################################################################################
+
+PERL_XML_NAMESPACESUPPORT_VERSION = 1.11
+PERL_XML_NAMESPACESUPPORT_SOURCE = XML-NamespaceSupport-$(PERL_XML_NAMESPACESUPPORT_VERSION).tar.gz
+PERL_XML_NAMESPACESUPPORT_SITE = $(BR2_CPAN_MIRROR)/authors/id/P/PE/PERIGRIN/
+PERL_XML_NAMESPACESUPPORT_DEPENDENCIES = perl
+PERL_XML_NAMESPACESUPPORT_LICENSE = Artistic or GPLv1+
+
+$(eval $(perl-package))