diff --git a/package/Config.in b/package/Config.in
index 32bf4ddba3..ce71f3cf9b 100644
--- a/package/Config.in
+++ b/package/Config.in
@@ -710,6 +710,7 @@ menu "External python modules"
 	source "package/python-rtslib-fb/Config.in"
 	source "package/python-serial/Config.in"
 	source "package/python-setuptools/Config.in"
+	source "package/python-shutilwhich/Config.in"
 	source "package/python-simplejson/Config.in"
 	source "package/python-singledispatch/Config.in"
 	source "package/python-sip/Config.in"
diff --git a/package/python-shutilwhich/Config.in b/package/python-shutilwhich/Config.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..abdc8d77a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/python-shutilwhich/Config.in
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+config BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_SHUTILWHICH
+	bool "python-shutilwhich"
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON
+	help
+	  shutil.which for those not using Python 3.3 yet.
+
+	  https://pypi.python.org/pypi/shutilwhich/
diff --git a/package/python-shutilwhich/python-shutilwhich.hash b/package/python-shutilwhich/python-shutilwhich.hash
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b1a2c7854f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/python-shutilwhich/python-shutilwhich.hash
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# md5 from https://pypi.python.org/pypi?:action=show_md5&digest=915947c5cdae7afd748ac715ee547adb, sha256 locally computed.
+md5	915947c5cdae7afd748ac715ee547adb  shutilwhich-1.1.0.tar.gz
+sha256	db1f39c6461e42f630fa617bb8c79090f7711c9ca493e615e43d0610ecb64dc6  shutilwhich-1.1.0.tar.gz
diff --git a/package/python-shutilwhich/python-shutilwhich.mk b/package/python-shutilwhich/python-shutilwhich.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0497e1b6d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/python-shutilwhich/python-shutilwhich.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+################################################################################
+#
+# python-shutilwhich
+#
+################################################################################
+
+PYTHON_SHUTILWHICH_VERSION = 1.1.0
+PYTHON_SHUTILWHICH_SOURCE = shutilwhich-$(PYTHON_SHUTILWHICH_VERSION).tar.gz
+PYTHON_SHUTILWHICH_SITE = http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/s/shutilwhich
+PYTHON_SHUTILWHICH_LICENSE = Python Software Foundation License
+PYTHON_SHUTILWHICH_SETUP_TYPE = setuptools
+
+$(eval $(python-package))