diff --git a/DEVELOPERS b/DEVELOPERS
index 99c403686a..899a3003ca 100644
--- a/DEVELOPERS
+++ b/DEVELOPERS
@@ -810,6 +810,7 @@ F:	package/armadillo/
 F:	package/babeld/
 F:	package/iana-assignments/
 F:	package/inih/
+F:	package/pocketpy/
 F:	package/sscep/
 F:	package/tinyinit/
 F:	package/ufs-utils/
diff --git a/package/Config.in b/package/Config.in
index 39d9d6cf3d..9a841082c6 100644
--- a/package/Config.in
+++ b/package/Config.in
@@ -969,6 +969,7 @@ if BR2_STATIC_LIBS
 comment "External PHP extensions need a toolchain w/ dynamic library"
 endif
 endif
+	source "package/pocketpy/Config.in"
 	source "package/python3/Config.in"
 if BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3
 menu "External python modules"
diff --git a/package/pocketpy/0001-fix-371.patch b/package/pocketpy/0001-fix-371.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6d9e324ba7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/pocketpy/0001-fix-371.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+From e2e3bdca6e79ce7be5607397c5f0152c28c7500b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: blueloveTH <blueloveth@foxmail.com>
+Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2025 02:19:55 +0800
+Subject: [PATCH] fix #371
+
+Signed-off-by: Dario Binacchi <dario.binacchi@amarulasolutions.com>
+Upstream: backport from https://github.com/pocketpy/pocketpy/commit/70e824a6b695e963621664589d1d00aeb182c018
+---
+ include/pocketpy/pocketpy.h | 2 +-
+ src/interpreter/vm.c        | 6 ++++--
+ src/public/modules.c        | 2 +-
+ 3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/include/pocketpy/pocketpy.h b/include/pocketpy/pocketpy.h
+index a44faa41a922..a6cb4f658f73 100644
+--- a/include/pocketpy/pocketpy.h
++++ b/include/pocketpy/pocketpy.h
+@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ typedef struct py_Callbacks {
+     /// Used by `print` to output a string.
+     void (*print)(const char*);
+     /// Used by `input` to get a character.
+-    int (*getchar)();
++    int (*getchr)();
+ } py_Callbacks;
+ 
+ /// Native function signature.
+diff --git a/src/interpreter/vm.c b/src/interpreter/vm.c
+index 2bae82740ac7..2da28fa80730 100644
+--- a/src/interpreter/vm.c
++++ b/src/interpreter/vm.c
+@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ static char* pk_default_importfile(const char* path) {
+ 
+ static void pk_default_print(const char* data) { printf("%s", data); }
+ 
++static int pk_default_getchr() { return getchar(); }
++
+ static void py_TypeInfo__ctor(py_TypeInfo* self,
+                               py_Name name,
+                               py_Type index,
+@@ -67,7 +69,7 @@ void VM__ctor(VM* self) {
+ 
+     self->callbacks.importfile = pk_default_importfile;
+     self->callbacks.print = pk_default_print;
+-    self->callbacks.getchar = getchar;
++    self->callbacks.getchr = pk_default_getchr;
+ 
+     self->last_retval = *py_NIL();
+     self->curr_exception = *py_NIL();
+@@ -810,7 +812,7 @@ int py_replinput(char* buf, int max_size) {
+     printf(">>> ");
+ 
+     while(true) {
+-        int c = pk_current_vm->callbacks.getchar();
++        int c = pk_current_vm->callbacks.getchr();
+         if(c == EOF) return -1;
+ 
+         if(c == '\n') {
+diff --git a/src/public/modules.c b/src/public/modules.c
+index 3efb362701e2..cdfd5549461a 100644
+--- a/src/public/modules.c
++++ b/src/public/modules.c
+@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ static bool builtins_input(int argc, py_Ref argv) {
+     c11_sbuf buf;
+     c11_sbuf__ctor(&buf);
+     while(true) {
+-        int c = pk_current_vm->callbacks.getchar();
++        int c = pk_current_vm->callbacks.getchr();
+         if(c == '\n' || c == '\r') break;
+         if(c == EOF) break;
+         c11_sbuf__write_char(&buf, c);
+-- 
+2.43.0
+
diff --git a/package/pocketpy/Config.in b/package/pocketpy/Config.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b0bd0cafe0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/pocketpy/Config.in
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+config BR2_PACKAGE_POCKETPY
+	bool "pocketpy"
+	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
+	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS # dlfcn.h
+	help
+	  pocketpy is a portable Python 3.x interpreter,
+	  written in C11.
+
+	  https://github.com/pocketpy/pocketpy
diff --git a/package/pocketpy/pocketpy.hash b/package/pocketpy/pocketpy.hash
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..aabd5f077a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/pocketpy/pocketpy.hash
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# locally computed
+sha256  5e07994d66311a6b5ac032cc5243aaabe3ab318946971e7fa1cd0614934efc81  pocketpy-2.0.8.tar.gz
+sha256  d3a2bf8ca609a75941e980e62c13cf5a21aeaa4a2502822934d282fe7de5d319  LICENSE
diff --git a/package/pocketpy/pocketpy.mk b/package/pocketpy/pocketpy.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..20a8e9ad1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/pocketpy/pocketpy.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+################################################################################
+#
+# pocketpy
+#
+################################################################################
+
+POCKETPY_VERSION = 2.0.8
+POCKETPY_SITE = $(call github,pocketpy,pocketpy,v$(POCKETPY_VERSION))
+POCKETPY_LICENSE = MIT
+POCKETPY_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
+POCKETPY_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
+
+POCKETPY_CONF_OPTS = -DPK_BUILD_SHARED_LIB=ON
+
+define POCKETPY_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
+	$(INSTALL) -D -m 0755 $(@D)/libpocketpy.so* $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib
+endef
+
+define POCKETPY_INSTALL_STAGING_CMDS
+	$(INSTALL) -D -m 0755 $(@D)/libpocketpy.so* $(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib
+	$(INSTALL) -m 755 -d $(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include/pocketpy
+	cp -r $(@D)/include/* $(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include/pocketpy
+endef
+
+$(eval $(cmake-package))