diff --git a/package/Config.in b/package/Config.in
index 0c9b5bb6cf..7d8540869d 100644
--- a/package/Config.in
+++ b/package/Config.in
@@ -2809,6 +2809,7 @@ menu "System tools"
 	source "package/balena-engine/Config.in"
 	source "package/bubblewrap/Config.in"
 	source "package/cgroupfs-mount/Config.in"
+	source "package/cgroupfs-v2-mount/Config.in"
 	source "package/circus/Config.in"
 	source "package/conmon/Config.in"
 	source "package/containerd/Config.in"
diff --git a/package/cgroupfs-v2-mount/Config.in b/package/cgroupfs-v2-mount/Config.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2dd2dbc089
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/cgroupfs-v2-mount/Config.in
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+config BR2_PACKAGE_CGROUPFS_V2_MOUNT
+	bool "cgroupfs-v2-mount"
+	depends on !BR2_INIT_SYSTEMD
+	depends on !BR2_PACKAGE_CGROUPFS_MOUNT
+	help
+	  Mount the cgroup v2 hierarchy filesystem.
+
+comment "cgroupfs-v2-mount is incompatible with cgroupfs-mount"
+	depends on !BR2_INIT_SYSTEMD
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_CGROUPFS_MOUNT
diff --git a/package/cgroupfs-v2-mount/S30cgroupfs2 b/package/cgroupfs-v2-mount/S30cgroupfs2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..42839ef921
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/cgroupfs-v2-mount/S30cgroupfs2
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+DAEMON=cgroupfs2
+
+start() {
+	printf 'Mounting %s: ' "${DAEMON}"
+	mkdir -p /sys/fs/cgroup
+	mount -t cgroup2 none /sys/fs/cgroup
+	status=$?
+	if [ "$status" -eq 0 ]; then
+		echo "OK"
+	else
+		echo "FAIL"
+	fi
+	return "$status"
+}
+
+stop() {
+	printf 'Unmounting %s: ' "${DAEMON}"
+	umount /sys/fs/cgroup
+	status=$?
+	if [ "$status" -eq 0 ]; then
+		echo "OK"
+	else
+		echo "FAIL"
+	fi
+	return "$status"
+}
+
+restart() {
+	stop
+	start
+}
+
+case "$1" in
+	start|stop|restart)
+		"$1";;
+	reload)
+		# Restart, since there is no true "reload" feature.
+		restart;;
+	*)
+		echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|reload}"
+		exit 1
+esac
diff --git a/package/cgroupfs-v2-mount/cgroupfs-v2-mount.mk b/package/cgroupfs-v2-mount/cgroupfs-v2-mount.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..10e18d8d41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/cgroupfs-v2-mount/cgroupfs-v2-mount.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+################################################################################
+#
+# cgroupfs-v2-mount
+#
+################################################################################
+
+CGROUPFS_V2_MOUNT_VERSION =
+CGROUPFS_V2_MOUNT_SITE =
+
+define CGROUPFS_V2_MOUNT_LINUX_CONFIG_FIXUPS
+	$(call KCONFIG_ENABLE_OPT,CONFIG_CGROUPS)
+endef
+
+define CGROUPFS_V2_MOUNT_INSTALL_INIT_SYSV
+	$(INSTALL) -m 0755 -D \
+		$(CGROUPFS_V2_MOUNT_PKGDIR)/S30cgroupfs2 \
+		$(TARGET_DIR)/etc/init.d/S30cgroupfs2
+endef
+
+$(eval $(generic-package))