diff --git a/DEVELOPERS b/DEVELOPERS
index 2f8239ca23..37c7305cc7 100644
--- a/DEVELOPERS
+++ b/DEVELOPERS
@@ -3277,6 +3277,7 @@ N:	Wojciech Niziński <niziak@spox.org>
 F:	package/fwup/
 
 N:	Woodrow Douglass <wdouglass@carnegierobotics.com>
+F:	package/libchicken
 F:	package/opencv4
 F:	package/opencv4-contrib
 
diff --git a/package/Config.in b/package/Config.in
index 980ffaaa72..1c9e284a64 100644
--- a/package/Config.in
+++ b/package/Config.in
@@ -662,6 +662,7 @@ endmenu
 
 menu "Interpreter languages and scripting"
 	source "package/4th/Config.in"
+	source "package/chicken/Config.in"
 	source "package/enscript/Config.in"
 	source "package/erlang/Config.in"
 if BR2_PACKAGE_ERLANG
diff --git a/package/chicken/Config.in b/package/chicken/Config.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dce0581951
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/chicken/Config.in
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+config BR2_PACKAGE_CHICKEN
+	bool "chicken"
+	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
+	help
+	  libchicken is the runtime library for chicken scheme.
+
+	  https://call-cc.org
diff --git a/package/chicken/chicken.hash b/package/chicken/chicken.hash
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5a553da792
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/chicken/chicken.hash
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# From https://code.call-cc.org/releases/5.3.0/chicken-5.3.0.tar.gz.sha256
+sha256  c3ad99d8f9e17ed810912ef981ac3b0c2e2f46fb0ecc033b5c3b6dca1bdb0d76  chicken-5.3.0.tar.gz
+# Locally computed
+sha256  b434ac92e094214136a6b5032f0dc9da97f22cef084ac1d0131b02a09e2caa37  LICENSE
diff --git a/package/chicken/chicken.mk b/package/chicken/chicken.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9f296a1ce3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/chicken/chicken.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+################################################################################
+#
+# chicken
+#
+################################################################################
+
+CHICKEN_VERSION = 5.3.0
+CHICKEN_SITE = https://code.call-cc.org/releases/$(CHICKEN_VERSION)
+CHICKEN_LICENSE = BSD-3-Clause
+CHICKEN_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
+CHICKEN_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
+
+# If ARCH is not set, it attempts to autodiscover. But it is anyway not used.
+CHICKEN_MAKE_OPTS = \
+	ARCH=unused \
+	C_COMPILER="$(TARGET_CC)" \
+	CXX_COMPILER="$(TARGET_CXX)" \
+	PREFIX=/usr \
+	PLATFORM=linux \
+	LIBRARIAN="$(TARGET_AR)"
+
+ifeq ($(BR2_STATIC_LIBS),y)
+CHICKEN_MAKE_OPTS += STATICBUILD=1
+endif
+
+define CHICKEN_BUILD_CMDS
+	$(TARGET_MAKE_ENV) $(MAKE) -C $(@D) \
+		$(CHICKEN_MAKE_OPTS) all
+endef
+
+# README states that parallel builds are not supported..
+define CHICKEN_INSTALL_STAGING_CMDS
+	$(TARGET_MAKE_ENV) $(MAKE1) -C $(@D) \
+		$(CHICKEN_MAKE_OPTS) DESTDIR=$(STAGING_DIR) install
+endef
+
+define CHICKEN_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
+	$(TARGET_MAKE_ENV) $(MAKE1) -C $(@D) \
+		$(CHICKEN_MAKE_OPTS) DESTDIR=$(TARGET_DIR) install
+endef
+
+$(eval $(generic-package))