diff --git a/package/Config.in b/package/Config.in
index f0ce9631d..85583c61a 100644
--- a/package/Config.in
+++ b/package/Config.in
@@ -386,6 +386,7 @@ source "package/libglib2/Config.in"
 source "package/libical/Config.in"
 source "package/libnspr/Config.in"
 source "package/libsigc/Config.in"
+source "package/libtpl/Config.in"
 source "package/liburcu/Config.in"
 source "package/lttng-libust/Config.in"
 source "package/orc/Config.in"
diff --git a/package/libtpl/Config.in b/package/libtpl/Config.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a2c2c2de3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/libtpl/Config.in
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBTPL
+	bool "libtpl"
+	help
+	  Easily store and retrieve binary data in C
+
+	  http://tpl.sourceforge.net/
diff --git a/package/libtpl/libtpl.mk b/package/libtpl/libtpl.mk
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e565bb933
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/libtpl/libtpl.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#############################################################
+#
+# libtpl
+#
+#############################################################
+LIBTPL_VERSION = 1.5
+LIBTPL_SOURCE = libtpl-$(LIBTPL_VERSION).tar.bz2
+LIBTPL_SITE = http://$(BR2_SOURCEFORGE_MIRROR).dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/tpl
+LIBTPL_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
+
+$(eval $(call AUTOTARGETS))