diff --git a/DEVELOPERS b/DEVELOPERS
index c6ac972854..0c03a503aa 100644
--- a/DEVELOPERS
+++ b/DEVELOPERS
@@ -3569,6 +3569,7 @@ F:	package/feh/
 F:	package/hostapd/
 F:	package/imlib2/
 F:	package/kmod/
+F:	package/libaec/
 F:	package/libftdi1/
 F:	package/libical/
 F:	package/libmbim/
diff --git a/package/Config.in b/package/Config.in
index a768b6b7b3..c5806ad2a4 100644
--- a/package/Config.in
+++ b/package/Config.in
@@ -1620,6 +1620,7 @@ menu "Audio/Sound"
 endmenu
 
 menu "Compression and decompression"
+	source "package/libaec/Config.in"
 	source "package/libarchive/Config.in"
 	source "package/libdeflate/Config.in"
 	source "package/libjcat/Config.in"
diff --git a/package/libaec/Config.in b/package/libaec/Config.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..86fd770f2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/libaec/Config.in
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBAEC
+	bool "libaec"
+	select BR2_HOST_CMAKE_AT_LEAST_3_26
+	help
+	  libaec provides fast lossless compression of 1 up to 32 bit
+	  wide signed or unsigned integers (samples). It implements
+	  Golomb-Rice compression method under the BSD license and
+	  includes a free drop-in replacement for the SZIP library.
+
+	  https://github.com/Deutsches-Klimarechenzentrum/libaec
diff --git a/package/libaec/libaec.hash b/package/libaec/libaec.hash
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cf4984447f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/libaec/libaec.hash
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Locally computed
+sha256  cc7b93be9002e25a88b45d6b8d5f6120756cb5e1000613f91d803ce0beba24d9  libaec-1.1.7.tar.gz
+sha256  9fdabba96fbc46af0ca018f86329f1e06e873b25801732001128d5afca265e36  LICENSE.txt
diff --git a/package/libaec/libaec.mk b/package/libaec/libaec.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d631230be6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/libaec/libaec.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+################################################################################
+#
+# libaec
+#
+################################################################################
+
+LIBAEC_VERSION = 1.1.7
+LIBAEC_SITE = https://github.com/Deutsches-Klimarechenzentrum/libaec/releases/download/v$(LIBAEC_VERSION)
+LIBAEC_LICENSE = BSD-2-Clause
+LIBAEC_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE.txt
+LIBAEC_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
+
+ifeq ($(BR2_SHARED_LIBS),y)
+LIBAEC_CONF_OPTS += -DBUILD_STATIC_LIBS=OFF
+else
+LIBAEC_CONF_OPTS += -DBUILD_STATIC_LIBS=ON
+endif
+
+$(eval $(cmake-package))