diff --git a/package/Config.in b/package/Config.in
index 407ba05d4b..15ba968e7b 100644
--- a/package/Config.in
+++ b/package/Config.in
@@ -1167,6 +1167,7 @@ menu "External python modules"
 	source "package/python-hpack/Config.in"
 	source "package/python-html5lib/Config.in"
 	source "package/python-httpcore/Config.in"
+	source "package/python-httpcore2/Config.in"
 	source "package/python-httplib2/Config.in"
 	source "package/python-httpx/Config.in"
 	source "package/python-huepy/Config.in"
diff --git a/package/python-httpcore2/Config.in b/package/python-httpcore2/Config.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..73e1765c11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/python-httpcore2/Config.in
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+config BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_HTTPCORE2
+	bool "python-httpcore2"
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_H11 # runtime
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_TRUSTSTORE # runtime
+	help
+	  A minimal low-level HTTP client.
+
+	  https://github.com/pydantic/httpx2
diff --git a/package/python-httpcore2/python-httpcore2.hash b/package/python-httpcore2/python-httpcore2.hash
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c088cfa87f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/python-httpcore2/python-httpcore2.hash
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# md5, sha256 from https://pypi.org/pypi/httpcore2/json
+md5  345513f80f9ba004d66a8534c5b74dfc  httpcore2-2.13.1.tar.gz
+sha256  e0aa977abe17e69a3b820a24542a6fa88702676d83880b8d194dcd18408e5103  httpcore2-2.13.1.tar.gz
+# Locally computed sha256 checksums
+sha256  c4df125c807b0613501e943a5c92496dd11d2c16604ce396097a8dde396304d9  LICENSE.md
diff --git a/package/python-httpcore2/python-httpcore2.mk b/package/python-httpcore2/python-httpcore2.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..48c3d64604
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/python-httpcore2/python-httpcore2.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+################################################################################
+#
+# python-httpcore2
+#
+################################################################################
+
+PYTHON_HTTPCORE2_VERSION = 2.13.1
+PYTHON_HTTPCORE2_SOURCE = httpcore2-$(PYTHON_HTTPCORE2_VERSION).tar.gz
+PYTHON_HTTPCORE2_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/cb/f3/1db7aa2bc2524062192bb0e0323969492d1883152a232fe36eea65f4e35c
+PYTHON_HTTPCORE2_SETUP_TYPE = hatch
+PYTHON_HTTPCORE2_LICENSE = BSD-3-Clause
+PYTHON_HTTPCORE2_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE.md
+PYTHON_HTTPCORE2_DEPENDENCIES = \
+	host-python-hatch-fancy-pypi-readme \
+	host-python-uv-dynamic-versioning
+
+$(eval $(python-package))