diff --git a/package/Config.in b/package/Config.in
index 0ec9ba4d7d..5be20532fc 100644
--- a/package/Config.in
+++ b/package/Config.in
@@ -264,6 +264,7 @@ comment "Graphic libraries"
 	source "package/sdl_ttf/Config.in"
 	source "package/sdl2/Config.in"
 	source "package/sdl2_gfx/Config.in"
+	source "package/sdl2_image/Config.in"
 
 comment "Other GUIs"
 	source "package/qt/Config.in"
diff --git a/package/sdl2_image/Config.in b/package/sdl2_image/Config.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3064f94477
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/sdl2_image/Config.in
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+config BR2_PACKAGE_SDL2_IMAGE
+	bool "SDL2_image"
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_SDL2
+	help
+	  SDL2_image is an image file loading library. It loads images
+	  as SDL surfaces, and supports the following formats: BMP,
+	  GIF, JPEG, LBM, PCX, PNG, PNM, TGA, TIFF, XCF, XPM, XV.
+
+	  http://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_image/
diff --git a/package/sdl2_image/sdl2_image.hash b/package/sdl2_image/sdl2_image.hash
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..26d0a88cb5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/sdl2_image/sdl2_image.hash
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# Locally calculated
+sha256 3a3eafbceea5125c04be585373bfd8b3a18f259bd7eae3efc4e6d8e60e0d7f64  SDL2_image-2.0.1.tar.gz
diff --git a/package/sdl2_image/sdl2_image.mk b/package/sdl2_image/sdl2_image.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cf3b738edc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/sdl2_image/sdl2_image.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+################################################################################
+#
+# sdl2_image
+#
+################################################################################
+
+SDL2_IMAGE_VERSION = 2.0.1
+SDL2_IMAGE_SOURCE = SDL2_image-$(SDL2_IMAGE_VERSION).tar.gz
+SDL2_IMAGE_SITE = http://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_image/release
+SDL2_IMAGE_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
+SDL2_IMAGE_LICENSE = zlib
+SDL2_IMAGE_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING.txt
+
+# Unconditionally enable support for image formats that don't require
+# any dependency.
+SDL2_IMAGE_CONF_OPTS = \
+	--disable-sdltest \
+	--enable-bmp \
+	--enable-gif \
+	--enable-lbm \
+	--enable-pcx \
+	--enable-pnm \
+	--enable-tga \
+	--enable-xcf \
+	--enable-xpm \
+	--enable-xv
+
+SDL2_IMAGE_DEPENDENCIES = sdl2 host-pkgconf
+
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_JPEG),y)
+SDL2_IMAGE_CONF_OPTS += --enable-jpg
+SDL2_IMAGE_DEPENDENCIES += jpeg
+else
+SDL2_IMAGE_CONF_OPTS += --disable-jpg
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBPNG),y)
+SDL2_IMAGE_CONF_OPTS += --enable-png
+SDL2_IMAGE_DEPENDENCIES += libpng
+else
+SDL2_IMAGE_CONF_OPTS += --disable-png
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_TIFF),y)
+SDL2_IMAGE_CONF_OPTS += --enable-tif
+SDL2_IMAGE_DEPENDENCIES += tiff
+else
+SDL2_IMAGE_CONF_OPTS += --disable-tif
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_WEBP),y)
+SDL2_IMAGE_CONF_OPTS += --enable-webp
+SDL2_IMAGE_DEPENDENCIES += webp
+else
+SDL2_IMAGE_CONF_OPTS += --disable-webp
+endif
+
+$(eval $(autotools-package))