diff --git a/package/Config.in b/package/Config.in
index 96b780c960..eba5c9a95c 100644
--- a/package/Config.in
+++ b/package/Config.in
@@ -1062,6 +1062,7 @@ menu "Multimedia"
 	source "package/libfslparser/Config.in"
 	source "package/libfslvpuwrap/Config.in"
 	source "package/libhdhomerun/Config.in"
+	source "package/libimxvpuapi/Config.in"
 	source "package/libmatroska/Config.in"
 	source "package/libmms/Config.in"
 	source "package/libmpeg2/Config.in"
diff --git a/package/libimxvpuapi/Config.in b/package/libimxvpuapi/Config.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..85467f2015
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/libimxvpuapi/Config.in
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBIMXVPUAPI
+	bool "libimxvpuapi"
+	depends on BR2_arm # Only relevant for i.MX
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_FREESCALE_IMX
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_IMX_VPU
+	help
+	  This library provides an API for using the iMX6 VPU video
+	  engine. It is an alternative to Freescale's VPU
+	  wrapper. Both the wrapper and this library are layered on
+	  top of imx-vpu, the low-level iMX6 VPU interface.
+
+	  https://github.com/Freescale/libimxvpuapi
diff --git a/package/libimxvpuapi/libimxvpuapi.hash b/package/libimxvpuapi/libimxvpuapi.hash
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fd90a20564
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/libimxvpuapi/libimxvpuapi.hash
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# locally computed hash
+sha256 8d7aeed88c06fda44318cef9565ae47b86461bd309908b1103a7974ed0822a8d  libimxvpuapi-0.10.1.tar.gz
diff --git a/package/libimxvpuapi/libimxvpuapi.mk b/package/libimxvpuapi/libimxvpuapi.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e0d8cc981f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/libimxvpuapi/libimxvpuapi.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+################################################################################
+#
+# libimxvpuapi
+#
+################################################################################
+
+LIBIMXVPUAPI_VERSION = 0.10.1
+LIBIMXVPUAPI_SITE = $(call github,Freescale,libimxvpuapi,$(LIBIMXVPUAPI_VERSION))
+LIBIMXVPUAPI_LICENSE = LGPLv2.1+
+LIBIMXVPUAPI_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
+LIBIMXVPUAPI_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf host-python imx-vpu
+LIBIMXVPUAPI_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
+
+define LIBIMXVPUAPI_CONFIGURE_CMDS
+	cd $(@D); \
+	$(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) $(HOST_DIR)/usr/bin/python2 ./waf configure \
+		--prefix=/usr --libdir=/usr/lib
+endef
+
+define LIBIMXVPUAPI_BUILD_CMDS
+	cd $(@D); \
+	$(HOST_DIR)/usr/bin/python2 ./waf build -j $(PARALLEL_JOBS)
+endef
+
+define LIBIMXVPUAPI_INSTALL_STAGING_CMDS
+	cd $(@D); \
+	$(HOST_DIR)/usr/bin/python2 ./waf --destdir=$(STAGING_DIR) install
+endef
+
+define LIBIMXVPUAPI_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
+	cd $(@D); \
+	$(HOST_DIR)/usr/bin/python2 ./waf --destdir=$(TARGET_DIR) install
+endef
+
+$(eval $(generic-package))