diff --git a/package/Config.in b/package/Config.in
index 4c01f44641..2200f16520 100644
--- a/package/Config.in
+++ b/package/Config.in
@@ -1189,6 +1189,7 @@ menu "External python modules"
 	source "package/python-kiwisolver/Config.in"
 	source "package/python-kmod/Config.in"
 	source "package/python-lark/Config.in"
+	source "package/python-libconf/Config.in"
 	source "package/python-libconfig/Config.in"
 	source "package/python-libevdev/Config.in"
 	source "package/python-libusb1/Config.in"
diff --git a/package/python-libconf/Config.in b/package/python-libconf/Config.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f5cecec8c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/python-libconf/Config.in
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+config BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_LIBCONF
+	bool "python-libconf"
+	help
+	  libconf is a pure-Python reader/writer for configuration files
+	  in libconfig format, which is often used in C/C++ projects.
+
+	  https://github.com/ChrisAichinger/python-libconf/
diff --git a/package/python-libconf/python-libconf.mk b/package/python-libconf/python-libconf.mk
index b349e3e60e..65bdee8619 100644
--- a/package/python-libconf/python-libconf.mk
+++ b/package/python-libconf/python-libconf.mk
@@ -10,4 +10,5 @@ PYTHON_LIBCONF_SETUP_TYPE = setuptools
 PYTHON_LIBCONF_LICENSE = MIT
 PYTHON_LIBCONF_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
 
+$(eval $(python-package))
 $(eval $(host-python-package))