diff --git a/package/Config.in b/package/Config.in
index aa79c2dae4..d5b8982df1 100644
--- a/package/Config.in
+++ b/package/Config.in
@@ -994,6 +994,7 @@ menu "External python modules"
 	source "package/python-async-generator/Config.in"
 	source "package/python-async-lru/Config.in"
 	source "package/python-async-timeout/Config.in"
+	source "package/python-asyncssh/Config.in"
 	source "package/python-attrs/Config.in"
 	source "package/python-augeas/Config.in"
 	source "package/python-autobahn/Config.in"
diff --git a/package/python-asyncssh/Config.in b/package/python-asyncssh/Config.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..eef4478f3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/python-asyncssh/Config.in
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+config BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_ASYNCSSH
+	bool "python-asyncssh"
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_RUSTC_TARGET_ARCH_SUPPORTS # python-cryptography
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_CRYPTOGRAPHY # runtime
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_TYPING_EXTENSIONS # runtime
+	help
+	  AsyncSSH: Asynchronous SSHv2 client and server library.
+
+	  http://asyncssh.timeheart.net
diff --git a/package/python-asyncssh/python-asyncssh.hash b/package/python-asyncssh/python-asyncssh.hash
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d72b5329c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/python-asyncssh/python-asyncssh.hash
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# md5, sha256 from https://pypi.org/pypi/asyncssh/json
+md5  4194feb9e0d17a0750f107f3445ff9f7  asyncssh-2.14.1.tar.gz
+sha256  1ac31c333a0d83c88831523245500caa814503423741b0e465339ef6da5b5e29  asyncssh-2.14.1.tar.gz
+# Locally computed sha256 checksums
+sha256  0becf16567beb77fa252b7664631dd177c8f9a1889e48995b45379c7130e5303  LICENSE
+sha256  68c286b0cf4507bec8922103efe861adb0bd3218003b1ec1b25e2e64bdd76bd3  COPYRIGHT
diff --git a/package/python-asyncssh/python-asyncssh.mk b/package/python-asyncssh/python-asyncssh.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..91e0d9d419
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/python-asyncssh/python-asyncssh.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+################################################################################
+#
+# python-asyncssh
+#
+################################################################################
+
+PYTHON_ASYNCSSH_VERSION = 2.14.1
+PYTHON_ASYNCSSH_SOURCE = asyncssh-$(PYTHON_ASYNCSSH_VERSION).tar.gz
+PYTHON_ASYNCSSH_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/5f/86/59278fefc49ddcc10567e52a8e0e1553fc936584e241d516b5682d55ea17
+PYTHON_ASYNCSSH_SETUP_TYPE = setuptools
+PYTHON_ASYNCSSH_LICENSE = EPL-2.0 or GPL-2.0+
+PYTHON_ASYNCSSH_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE COPYRIGHT
+
+$(eval $(python-package))