diff --git a/package/Config.in b/package/Config.in
index 1539347ab4..91d4e1ec44 100644
--- a/package/Config.in
+++ b/package/Config.in
@@ -998,6 +998,7 @@ menu "External python modules"
 	source "package/python-txaio/Config.in"
 	source "package/python-txtorcon/Config.in"
 	source "package/python-typepy/Config.in"
+	source "package/python-typing-extensions/Config.in"
 	source "package/python-u-msgpack/Config.in"
 	source "package/python-ubjson/Config.in"
 	source "package/python-ujson/Config.in"
diff --git a/package/python-typing-extensions/Config.in b/package/python-typing-extensions/Config.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5270e7c475
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/python-typing-extensions/Config.in
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+config BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_TYPING_EXTENSIONS
+	bool "python-typing-extensions"
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON || BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3
+	help
+	  Typing Extensions – Backported and Experimental Type Hints for Python
+
+	  https://github.com/python/typing/
diff --git a/package/python-typing-extensions/python-typing-extensions.hash b/package/python-typing-extensions/python-typing-extensions.hash
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ac8d6959e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/python-typing-extensions/python-typing-extensions.hash
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+sha256	fb2cd053238d33a8ec939190f30cfd736c00653a85a2919415cecf7dc3d9da71  typing_extensions-3.7.2.tar.gz
+
diff --git a/package/python-typing-extensions/python-typing-extensions.mk b/package/python-typing-extensions/python-typing-extensions.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fb680e19e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/python-typing-extensions/python-typing-extensions.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+################################################################################
+#
+# python-typing-extensions
+#
+################################################################################
+
+PYTHON_TYPING_EXTENSIONS_VERSION = 3.7.2
+PYTHON_TYPING_EXTENSIONS_SOURCE = typing_extensions-$(PYTHON_TYPING_EXTENSIONS_VERSION).tar.gz
+PYTHON_TYPING_EXTENSIONS_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/fa/aa/229f5c82d17d10d4ef318b5c22a8626a1c78fc97f80d3307035cf696681b
+PYTHON_TYPING_EXTENSIONS_SETUP_TYPE = setuptools
+PYTHON_TYPING_EXTENSIONS_LICENSE = Apache-2.0
+PYTHON_TYPING_EXTENSIONS_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE.txt
+
+$(eval $(python-package))