diff --git a/packages/mediacenter/kodi-binary-addons/pvr.vuplus/package.mk b/packages/mediacenter/kodi-binary-addons/pvr.vuplus/package.mk
index 3b53215349..6606b2152e 100644
--- a/packages/mediacenter/kodi-binary-addons/pvr.vuplus/package.mk
+++ b/packages/mediacenter/kodi-binary-addons/pvr.vuplus/package.mk
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.kodi.tv"
 PKG_URL="https://github.com/kodi-pvr/pvr.vuplus/archive/$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
-PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain kodi-platform"
+PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain kodi-platform nlohmann-json"
 PKG_SECTION=""
 PKG_SHORTDESC="pvr.vuplus"
 PKG_LONGDESC="pvr.vuplus"
diff --git a/packages/textproc/nlohmann-json/package.mk b/packages/textproc/nlohmann-json/package.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..66d76a7fda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/textproc/nlohmann-json/package.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+# Copyright (C) 2019-present Team LibreELEC (https://libreelec.tv)
+
+PKG_NAME="nlohmann-json"
+PKG_VERSION="3.5.0"
+PKG_SHA256="e0b1fc6cc6ca05706cce99118a87aca5248bd9db3113e703023d23f044995c1d"
+PKG_LICENSE="MIT"
+PKG_SITE="https://nlohmann.github.io/json/"
+PKG_URL="https://github.com/nlohmann/json/archive/v$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
+PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain"
+PKG_LONGDESC="JSON for Modern C++"
+PKG_TOOLCHAIN="cmake"
+
+PKG_CMAKE_OPTS_TARGET="-DBUILD_TESTING:BOOL=OFF"