diff --git a/package/Config.in b/package/Config.in
index 070ec6ae93..2697e5625c 100644
--- a/package/Config.in
+++ b/package/Config.in
@@ -372,6 +372,7 @@ endif
 	source "package/kbd/Config.in"
 	source "package/lcdproc/Config.in"
 	source "package/libump/Config.in"
+	source "package/linux-backports/Config.in"
 	source "package/lirc-tools/Config.in"
 	source "package/lm-sensors/Config.in"
 	source "package/lshw/Config.in"
diff --git a/package/linux-backports/Config.in b/package/linux-backports/Config.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e858a45abc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/linux-backports/Config.in
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+comment "linux-backports needs a Linux kernel to be built"
+	depends on !BR2_LINUX_KERNEL
+
+config BR2_PACKAGE_LINUX_BACKPORTS
+	bool "linux-backports"
+	depends on BR2_LINUX_KERNEL
+	help
+	  The linux-backports package includes many Linux drivers from
+	  recent kernels, backported to older ones.
+
+	  This version of linux-backports supports kernels starting from 3.0.
+
+	  https://backports.wiki.kernel.org
+
+if BR2_PACKAGE_LINUX_BACKPORTS
+
+choice
+	prompt "Linux kernel driver backports configuration"
+	default BR2_PACKAGE_LINUX_BACKPORTS_USE_DEFCONFIG
+
+config BR2_PACKAGE_LINUX_BACKPORTS_USE_DEFCONFIG
+	bool "Using an in-tree defconfig file"
+
+config BR2_PACKAGE_LINUX_BACKPORTS_USE_CUSTOM_CONFIG
+	bool "Using a custom (def)config file"
+
+endchoice
+
+config BR2_PACKAGE_LINUX_BACKPORTS_DEFCONFIG
+	string "Defconfig name"
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_LINUX_BACKPORTS_USE_DEFCONFIG
+	help
+	  Name of the backports defconfig file to use, without the
+	  leading defconfig-. The defconfig is located in defconfigs/
+	  directory in the backports tree.
+
+config BR2_PACKAGE_LINUX_BACKPORTS_CUSTOM_CONFIG_FILE
+	string "Configuration file path"
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_LINUX_BACKPORTS_USE_CUSTOM_CONFIG
+	help
+	  Path to the backports configuration file
+
+	  Note: this can be a defconfig file or a complete .config file,
+	  which can later be saved back with make linux-update-(def)config.
+
+config BR2_PACKAGE_LINUX_BACKPORTS_CONFIG_FRAGMENT_FILES
+	string "Additional configuration fragment files"
+	help
+	  A space-separated list of configuration fragment files, that
+	  will be merged to the main linux-backports configuration file.
+
+endif # BR2_PACKAGE_LINUX_BACKPORTS
diff --git a/package/linux-backports/linux-backports.hash b/package/linux-backports/linux-backports.hash
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0d4106781d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/linux-backports/linux-backports.hash
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# From: https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/projects/backports/stable/v4.1.1/sha256sums.asc
+sha256 7fca160665b801796ce50def18f2fd6def1c4452290e93ec5332444fb2021bd6  backports-4.1.1-1.tar.xz
diff --git a/package/linux-backports/linux-backports.mk b/package/linux-backports/linux-backports.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e4ac9f4cf7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/linux-backports/linux-backports.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+################################################################################
+#
+# linux-backports
+#
+################################################################################
+
+LINUX_BACKPORTS_VERSION_MAJOR = 4.1.1
+LINUX_BACKPORTS_VERSION = $(LINUX_BACKPORTS_VERSION_MAJOR)-1
+LINUX_BACKPORTS_SOURCE = backports-$(LINUX_BACKPORTS_VERSION).tar.xz
+LINUX_BACKPORTS_SITE = $(BR2_KERNEL_MIRROR)/linux/kernel/projects/backports/stable/v$(LINUX_BACKPORTS_VERSION_MAJOR)
+LINUX_BACKPORTS_LICENSE = GPLv2
+LINUX_BACKPORTS_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
+
+LINUX_BACKPORTS_DEPENDENCIES = linux
+
+LINUX_BACKPORTS_MAKE_OPTS = \
+	$(LINUX_MAKE_FLAGS) \
+	KLIB_BUILD=$(LINUX_DIR) \
+	KLIB=$(TARGET_DIR)
+
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LINUX_BACKPORTS_USE_DEFCONFIG),y)
+LINUX_BACKPORTS_KCONFIG_FILE = $(LINUX_BACKPORTS_DIR)/defconfigs/$(call qstrip,$(BR2_PACKAGE_LINUX_BACKPORTS_DEFCONFIG))
+else ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LINUX_BACKPORTS_USE_CUSTOM_CONFIG),y)
+LINUX_BACKPORTS_KCONFIG_FILE = $(call qstrip,$(BR2_PACKAGE_LINUX_BACKPORTS_CUSTOM_CONFIG_FILE))
+endif
+
+define LINUX_BACKPORTS_BUILD_CMDS
+	$(TARGET_MAKE_ENV) $(MAKE) $(LINUX_BACKPORTS_MAKE_OPTS) -C $(@D)
+endef
+
+define LINUX_BACKPORTS_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
+	$(TARGET_MAKE_ENV) $(MAKE) $(LINUX_BACKPORTS_MAKE_OPTS) \
+		-C $(LINUX_DIR) M=$(@D) \
+		INSTALL_MOD_DIR=backports \
+		modules_install
+endef
+
+LINUX_BACKPORTS_KCONFIG_FRAGMENT_FILES = $(call qstrip,$(BR2_PACKAGE_LINUX_BACKPORTS_CONFIG_FRAGMENT_FILES))
+LINUX_BACKPORTS_KCONFIG_OPTS = $(LINUX_BACKPORTS_MAKE_OPTS)
+
+# Checks to give errors that the user can understand
+ifeq ($(BR_BUILDING),y)
+
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LINUX_BACKPORTS_USE_DEFCONFIG),y)
+ifeq ($(call qstrip,$(BR2_PACKAGE_LINUX_BACKPORTS_DEFCONFIG)),)
+$(error No linux-backports defconfig name specified, check your BR2_PACKAGE_LINUX_BACKPORTS_DEFCONFIG setting)
+endif
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LINUX_BACKPORTS_USE_CUSTOM_CONFIG),y)
+ifeq ($(call qstrip,$(BR2_PACKAGE_LINUX_BACKPORTS_CUSTOM_CONFIG_FILE)),)
+$(error No linux-backports configuration file specified, check your BR2_PACKAGE_LINUX_BACKPORTS_CUSTOM_CONFIG_FILE setting)
+endif
+endif
+
+endif # BR_BUILDING
+
+$(eval $(kconfig-package))
+
+# linux-backports' own .config file needs options from the kernel's own
+# .config file. The dependencies handling in the infrastructure does not
+# allow to express this kind of dependencies. Besides, linux.mk might
+# not have been parsed yet, so the Linux build dir LINUX_DIR is not yet
+# known. Thus, we use a "secondary expansion" so the rule is re-evaluated
+# after all Makefiles are parsed, and thus at that time we will have the
+# LINUX_DIR variable set to the proper value.
+#
+# Furthermore, we want to check the kernel version, since linux-backports
+# only supports kernels >= 3.0. To avoid overriding linux-backports'
+# .config rule defined in the kconfig-package infra, we use an
+# intermediate stamp-file.
+#
+# Finally, it must also come after the call to kconfig-package, so we get
+# LINUX_BACKPORTS_DIR properly defined (because the target part of the
+# rule is not re-evaluated).
+#
+$(LINUX_BACKPORTS_DIR)/.config: $(LINUX_BACKPORTS_DIR)/.stamp_check_kernel_version
+
+.SECONDEXPANSION:
+$(LINUX_BACKPORTS_DIR)/.stamp_check_kernel_version: $$(LINUX_DIR)/.config
+	$(Q)LINUX_VERSION_PROBED=$(LINUX_VERSION_PROBED); \
+	if [ $${LINUX_VERSION_PROBED%%.*} -lt 3 ]; then \
+		printf "Linux version '%s' is too old for linux-backports (needs 3.0 or later)\n" \
+			"$${LINUX_VERSION_PROBED}"; \
+		exit 1; \
+	fi
+	$(Q)touch $(@)