diff --git a/package/Config.in b/package/Config.in
index c506df8b9..66ee26693 100644
--- a/package/Config.in
+++ b/package/Config.in
@@ -350,6 +350,7 @@ source "package/libdnet/Config.in"
 source "package/libesmtp/Config.in"
 source "package/libeXosip2/Config.in"
 source "package/libidn/Config.in"
+source "package/liboauth/Config.in"
 source "package/libmicrohttpd/Config.in"
 source "package/neon/Config.in"
 source "package/libmnl/Config.in"
diff --git a/package/liboauth/Config.in b/package/liboauth/Config.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..77a78f115
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/liboauth/Config.in
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBOAUTH
+	bool "liboauth"
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL
+	help
+	  liboauth is a collection of c functions implementing the oAuth
+	  Core 1.0 Rev A standard API. liboauth provides basic functions to
+	  escape and encode parameters according to oAuth specs and offers
+	  high-level functions to sign requests or verify signatures.
+
+	  http://liboauth.sourceforge.net/
diff --git a/package/liboauth/liboauth.mk b/package/liboauth/liboauth.mk
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..864694791
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/liboauth/liboauth.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#############################################################
+#
+# liboauth
+#
+#############################################################
+LIBOAUTH_VERSION = 0.9.6
+LIBOAUTH_SOURCE = liboauth-$(LIBOAUTH_VERSION).tar.gz
+LIBOAUTH_SITE = http://liboauth.sourceforge.net/pool
+LIBOAUTH_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
+
+LIBOAUTH_DEPENDENCIES += host-pkg-config openssl
+
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBCURL),y)
+LIBOAUTH_DEPENDENCIES += libcurl
+else
+LIBOAUTH_CONF_OPT += --disable-libcurl
+endif
+
+$(eval $(call AUTOTARGETS))