diff --git a/DEVELOPERS b/DEVELOPERS
index 05711ba678..78cdae8f3d 100644
--- a/DEVELOPERS
+++ b/DEVELOPERS
@@ -1139,6 +1139,7 @@ F:	package/x11r7/xdriver_xf86-video-imx/
 F:	package/x11r7/xdriver_xf86-video-imx-viv/
 
 N:	Joel Carlson <JoelsonCarl@gmail.com>
+F:	package/c-capnproto/
 F:	package/capnproto/
 F:	package/cmocka/
 F:	package/flatcc/
diff --git a/package/Config.in b/package/Config.in
index 9b2cc7522d..6e0ddfd8d9 100644
--- a/package/Config.in
+++ b/package/Config.in
@@ -1662,6 +1662,7 @@ menu "Other"
 	source "package/bctoolbox/Config.in"
 	source "package/bdwgc/Config.in"
 	source "package/boost/Config.in"
+	source "package/c-capnproto/Config.in"
 	source "package/capnproto/Config.in"
 	source "package/clang/Config.in"
 	source "package/clapack/Config.in"
diff --git a/package/c-capnproto/Config.in b/package/c-capnproto/Config.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..acad5a69c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/c-capnproto/Config.in
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+config BR2_PACKAGE_C_CAPNPROTO
+	bool "c-capnproto"
+	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # capnproto
+	depends on BR2_HOST_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_8 # capnproto
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_8 # capnproto
+	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP # capnproto
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # capnproto
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_ATOMIC # capnproto
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_CAPNPROTO
+	help
+	  A C plugin for Cap'n Proto. Generates the code generator
+	  plugin for C. Requires regular Cap'n Proto and only
+	  provides serialization (no RPC).
+
+comment "c-capnproto needs host and target gcc >= 4.8 w/ C++, threads, atomic"
+	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
+	depends on!BR2_HOST_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_8 || \
+		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_8 || \
+		!BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || \
+		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || \
+		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_ATOMIC
diff --git a/package/c-capnproto/c-capnproto.hash b/package/c-capnproto/c-capnproto.hash
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..75edaebf91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/c-capnproto/c-capnproto.hash
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Locally calculated
+sha256  88c454f4f4bad87c9b60cd739c7da5605c1085c0e92b317dd72d547bbb804279  c-capnproto-9053ebe6eeb2ae762655b982e27c341cb568366d.tar.gz
+sha256  27797e6c7dce96675d79ed250584d157b7a86405db6eb6fba9644e6d96d42c57  COPYING
diff --git a/package/c-capnproto/c-capnproto.mk b/package/c-capnproto/c-capnproto.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c144a4becc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/c-capnproto/c-capnproto.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+################################################################################
+#
+# c-capnproto
+#
+################################################################################
+
+C_CAPNPROTO_VERSION = 9053ebe6eeb2ae762655b982e27c341cb568366d
+C_CAPNPROTO_SITE = https://github.com/opensourcerouting/c-capnproto.git
+C_CAPNPROTO_SITE_METHOD = git
+C_CAPNPROTO_GIT_SUBMODULES = YES
+C_CAPNPROTO_LICENSE = MIT
+C_CAPNPROTO_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
+C_CAPNPROTO_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
+
+# Fetched from git with no configure script
+C_CAPNPROTO_AUTORECONF = YES
+
+# As a plugin for capnproto's capnpc, requires capnproto. Needs to be on the
+# host to generate C code from message definitions.
+C_CAPNPROTO_DEPENDENCIES = host-c-capnproto capnproto
+HOST_C_CAPNPROTO_DEPENDENCIES = host-capnproto
+
+$(eval $(autotools-package))
+$(eval $(host-autotools-package))