diff --git a/package/Config.in b/package/Config.in
index 05e5f57239..983dae52e6 100644
--- a/package/Config.in
+++ b/package/Config.in
@@ -954,6 +954,7 @@ menu "External python modules"
 	source "package/python-requests-oauthlib/Config.in"
 	source "package/python-requests-toolbelt/Config.in"
 	source "package/python-rpi-gpio/Config.in"
+	source "package/python-rq/Config.in"
 	source "package/python-rtslib-fb/Config.in"
 	source "package/python-scandir/Config.in"
 	source "package/python-scapy3k/Config.in"
diff --git a/package/python-rq/Config.in b/package/python-rq/Config.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6f9c8ace15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/python-rq/Config.in
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+config BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_RQ
+	bool "python-rq"
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON || BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3
+	help
+	  Simple job queues for Python.
+
+	  https://python-rq.org/
diff --git a/package/python-rq/python-rq.hash b/package/python-rq/python-rq.hash
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7b16e218f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/python-rq/python-rq.hash
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+sha256	2ef7de3fa26a4ce41dcd0561bdba12bb62fa5b9b6d21120122d8dbbe44bb6a77  rq-0.13.0.tar.gz
+
diff --git a/package/python-rq/python-rq.mk b/package/python-rq/python-rq.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..087c1b561b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/python-rq/python-rq.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+################################################################################
+#
+# python-rq
+#
+################################################################################
+
+PYTHON_RQ_VERSION = 0.13.0
+PYTHON_RQ_SOURCE = rq-$(PYTHON_RQ_VERSION).tar.gz
+PYTHON_RQ_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/d2/d7/51904875025b2432cb3c97cc476ab8d2033a8f105393db2267622e56f3ac
+PYTHON_RQ_SETUP_TYPE = setuptools
+PYTHON_RQ_LICENSE = Apache-2.0
+PYTHON_RQ_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE.txt
+
+$(eval $(python-package))