diff --git a/DEVELOPERS b/DEVELOPERS
index 90d1a111ab..3f8a42c1d8 100644
--- a/DEVELOPERS
+++ b/DEVELOPERS
@@ -1088,6 +1088,9 @@ F:	configs/freescale_imx6ullevk_defconfig
 N:	Falco Hyfing <hyfinglists@gmail.com>
 F:	package/python-pymodbus/
 
+N:	Fiona Klute <fiona.klute@gmx.de>
+F:	package/python-pyasyncore/
+
 N:	Flávio Tapajós <flavio.tapajos@newtesc.com.br>
 F:	configs/asus_tinker-s_rk3288_defconfig
 F:	board/asus/tinker-s/
diff --git a/package/Config.in b/package/Config.in
index 48ef1a6fdc..38ebf13dbf 100644
--- a/package/Config.in
+++ b/package/Config.in
@@ -1253,6 +1253,7 @@ menu "External python modules"
 	source "package/python-pyalsa/Config.in"
 	source "package/python-pyasn1/Config.in"
 	source "package/python-pyasn1-modules/Config.in"
+	source "package/python-pyasyncore/Config.in"
 	source "package/python-pybind/Config.in"
 	source "package/python-pycairo/Config.in"
 	source "package/python-pycares/Config.in"
diff --git a/package/python-pyasyncore/Config.in b/package/python-pyasyncore/Config.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ad1376a243
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/python-pyasyncore/Config.in
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+config BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_PYASYNCORE
+	bool "python-pyasyncore"
+	help
+	  Make asyncore available for Python 3.12 onwards.
+
+	  This is a compatibility package using the code removed from
+	  the standard libary, upstream does not intend any
+	  maintenance.
+
+	  https://github.com/simonrob/pyasyncore
diff --git a/package/python-pyasyncore/python-pyasyncore.hash b/package/python-pyasyncore/python-pyasyncore.hash
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ee4665fe5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/python-pyasyncore/python-pyasyncore.hash
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# md5, sha256 from https://pypi.org/pypi/pyasyncore/json
+md5  f97e2b69f1fa11470867b395c2fabf84  pyasyncore-1.0.4.tar.gz
+sha256  2c7a8b9b750ba6260f1e5a061456d61320a80579c6a43d42183417da89c7d5d6  pyasyncore-1.0.4.tar.gz
+# Locally computed sha256 checksums
+sha256  f4f80c98161f5632004d44713b5cb95e400145b40cbc0297f1f50c27b54befdb  LICENSE
diff --git a/package/python-pyasyncore/python-pyasyncore.mk b/package/python-pyasyncore/python-pyasyncore.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4b1e3c98b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/python-pyasyncore/python-pyasyncore.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+################################################################################
+#
+# python-pyasyncore
+#
+################################################################################
+
+PYTHON_PYASYNCORE_VERSION = 1.0.4
+PYTHON_PYASYNCORE_SOURCE = pyasyncore-$(PYTHON_PYASYNCORE_VERSION).tar.gz
+PYTHON_PYASYNCORE_SITE = https://github.com/simonrob/pyasyncore/releases/download/v$(PYTHON_PYASYNCORE_VERSION)
+PYTHON_PYASYNCORE_SETUP_TYPE = setuptools
+PYTHON_PYASYNCORE_LICENSE = PSF-2.0
+PYTHON_PYASYNCORE_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
+
+$(eval $(python-package))