diff --git a/DEVELOPERS b/DEVELOPERS
index 68729f721b..8e46beff00 100644
--- a/DEVELOPERS
+++ b/DEVELOPERS
@@ -2204,6 +2204,7 @@ F:	utils/config
 F:	utils/diffconfig
 
 N:	Marcus Hoffmann <bubu@bubu1.eu>
+F:	package/nethogs/
 F:	package/pico-sdk/
 F:	package/picotool/
 F:	package/python-jc/
diff --git a/package/Config.in b/package/Config.in
index e21987717f..2ac351cce5 100644
--- a/package/Config.in
+++ b/package/Config.in
@@ -2527,6 +2527,7 @@ endif
 	source "package/netcalc/Config.in"
 	source "package/netcat/Config.in"
 	source "package/netcat-openbsd/Config.in"
+	source "package/nethogs/Config.in"
 	source "package/netplug/Config.in"
 	source "package/netsnmp/Config.in"
 	source "package/netstat-nat/Config.in"
diff --git a/package/nethogs/Config.in b/package/nethogs/Config.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2d6b44739c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/nethogs/Config.in
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+config BR2_PACKAGE_NETHOGS
+	bool "nethogs"
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBPCAP
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_NCURSES
+	help
+	  NetHogs is a small 'net top' tool. Instead of breaking the
+	  traffic down per protocol or per subnet, like most tools
+	  do, it groups bandwidth by process.
+
+          https://github.com/raboof/nethogs
diff --git a/package/nethogs/nethogs.hash b/package/nethogs/nethogs.hash
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fd1f236250
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/nethogs/nethogs.hash
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Locally computed
+sha256  957d6afcc220dfbba44c819162f44818051c5b4fb793c47ba98294393986617d  nethogs-0.8.7.tar.gz
+sha256  8177f97513213526df2cf6184d8ff986c675afb514d4e68a404010521b880643  COPYING
diff --git a/package/nethogs/nethogs.mk b/package/nethogs/nethogs.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..98c4f5f008
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/nethogs/nethogs.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+################################################################################
+#
+# nethogs
+#
+################################################################################
+
+NETHOGS_VERSION = 0.8.7
+NETHOGS_SITE = $(call github,raboof,nethogs,v$(NETHOGS_VERSION))
+NETHOGS_LICENSE = GPL-2.0+
+NETHOGS_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
+NETHOGS_DEPENDENCIES = libpcap ncurses
+
+define NETHOGS_BUILD_CMDS
+	$(MAKE) $(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) -C $(@D) nethogs
+endef
+
+define NETHOGS_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
+	$(INSTALL) -D -m 0755 $(@D)/src/nethogs $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/sbin/nethogs
+endef
+
+$(eval $(generic-package))