diff --git a/package/Config.in b/package/Config.in
index d9dfb34c16..958b3ed124 100644
--- a/package/Config.in
+++ b/package/Config.in
@@ -957,6 +957,7 @@ menu "Multimedia"
 	source "package/libmms/Config.in"
 	source "package/libmpeg2/Config.in"
 	source "package/libogg/Config.in"
+	source "package/libopenh264/Config.in"
 	source "package/libplayer/Config.in"
 	source "package/libtheora/Config.in"
 	source "package/live555/Config.in"
diff --git a/package/libopenh264/Config.in b/package/libopenh264/Config.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2b77578a83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/libopenh264/Config.in
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBOPENH264_ARCH_SUPPORTS
+	bool
+	default y if BR2_arm || BR2_armeb || BR2_aarch64 || BR2_i386 || \
+		BR2_mips || BR2_mipsel || BR2_mips64 || BR2_mips64el || \
+		BR2_x86_64
+
+config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBOPENH264
+	bool "libopenh264"
+	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
+	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_LIBOPENH264_ARCH_SUPPORTS
+	help
+	  OpenH264 is a codec library which supports H.264 encoding and
+	  decoding.
+
+	  http://www.openh264.org
+
+comment "libopenh264 needs a toolchain w/ C++, dynamic library, threads"
+	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || \
+		BR2_STATIC_LIBS
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_LIBOPENH264_ARCH_SUPPORTS
diff --git a/package/libopenh264/libopenh264.mk b/package/libopenh264/libopenh264.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cbe30bcc8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/libopenh264/libopenh264.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+################################################################################
+#
+# libopenh264
+#
+################################################################################
+
+LIBOPENH264_VERSION = v1.4.0
+LIBOPENH264_SITE = $(call github,cisco,openh264,$(LIBOPENH264_VERSION))
+LIBOPENH264_LICENSE = BSD-2c
+LIBOPENH264_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
+LIBOPENH264_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
+
+ifeq ($(BR2_aarch64),y)
+LIBOPENH264_ARCH = aarch64
+else ifeq ($(BR2_arm)$(BR2_armeb),y)
+LIBOPENH264_ARCH = arm
+else ifeq ($(BR2_i386),y)
+LIBOPENH264_ARCH = x86
+LIBOPENH264_DEPENDENCIES += host-nasm
+else ifeq ($(BR2_mips)$(BR2_mipsel),y)
+LIBOPENH264_ARCH = mips
+else ifeq ($(BR2_mips64)$(BR2_mips64el),y)
+LIBOPENH264_ARCH = mips64
+else ifeq ($(BR2_x86_64),y)
+LIBOPENH264_ARCH = x86_64
+LIBOPENH264_DEPENDENCIES += host-nasm
+endif
+
+# ENABLE64BIT is really only used for x86-64, other 64 bits
+# architecture don't need it.
+LIBOPENH264_MAKE_OPTS = \
+	ARCH=$(LIBOPENH264_ARCH) \
+	ENABLE64BIT=$(if $(BR2_x86_64),Yes,No)
+
+define LIBOPENH264_BUILD_CMDS
+	$(TARGET_MAKE_ENV) $(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) $(MAKE) -C $(@D) \
+		$(LIBOPENH264_MAKE_OPTS)
+endef
+
+define LIBOPENH264_INSTALL_STAGING_CMDS
+	$(TARGET_MAKE_ENV) $(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) $(MAKE) -C $(@D) \
+		$(LIBOPENH264_MAKE_OPTS) \
+		DESTDIR=$(STAGING_DIR) PREFIX=/usr install
+endef
+
+define LIBOPENH264_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
+	$(TARGET_MAKE_ENV) $(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) $(MAKE) -C $(@D) \
+		$(LIBOPENH264_MAKE_OPTS) \
+		DESTDIR=$(TARGET_DIR) PREFIX=/usr install
+endef
+
+$(eval $(generic-package))