diff --git a/DEVELOPERS b/DEVELOPERS
index 3945803d53..a44c79e66a 100644
--- a/DEVELOPERS
+++ b/DEVELOPERS
@@ -3285,6 +3285,7 @@ F:	board/nvidia/bf3/
 F:	configs/nvidia_bf3_defconfig
 F:	package/bfscripts/
 F:	package/dpdk/
+F:	package/libecoli/
 
 N:	Vincent Prince <vincent.prince.fr@gmail.com>
 F:	package/nss-myhostname/
diff --git a/package/Config.in b/package/Config.in
index 1eb5e1e020..278c82bb05 100644
--- a/package/Config.in
+++ b/package/Config.in
@@ -2337,6 +2337,7 @@ menu "Text and terminal handling"
 	source "package/icu/Config.in"
 	source "package/inih/Config.in"
 	source "package/libcli/Config.in"
+	source "package/libecoli/Config.in"
 	source "package/libedit/Config.in"
 	source "package/libenca/Config.in"
 	source "package/libestr/Config.in"
diff --git a/package/libecoli/Config.in b/package/libecoli/Config.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..af4784c3bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/libecoli/Config.in
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBECOLI
+	bool "libecoli"
+	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # libedit
+	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # libedit
+	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBEDIT
+	help
+	  libecoli stands for Extensible COmmand LIne library.
+
+	  This library provides helpers to build interactive command
+	  line interfaces.
+
+	  https://github.com/rjarry/libecoli/
+
+comment "libecoli needs a toolchain w/ dynamic library, wchar"
+	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
+	depends on BR2_STATIC_LIBS || !BR2_USE_WCHAR
diff --git a/package/libecoli/libecoli.hash b/package/libecoli/libecoli.hash
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0540ef7270
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/libecoli/libecoli.hash
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Locally computed:
+sha256  0da8f953e054dd2ba75a0d1dcbbc8830b76747282035e1d1de6082ec3bb6f995  libecoli-0.2.0.tar.gz
+sha256  e58bf9ec962bee9b3e37abcaa0bc0ec940b05efdc1d1a5a4d9e2fdbcc08b7bdd  LICENSE
diff --git a/package/libecoli/libecoli.mk b/package/libecoli/libecoli.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c46f62b523
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/libecoli/libecoli.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+################################################################################
+#
+# libecoli
+#
+################################################################################
+
+LIBECOLI_VERSION = 0.2.0
+LIBECOLI_SITE = $(call github,rjarry,libecoli,v$(LIBECOLI_VERSION))
+LIBECOLI_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
+LIBECOLI_LICENSE = BSD-3-Clause
+LIBECOLI_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
+
+LIBECOLI_DEPENDENCIES = \
+	host-pkgconf \
+	libedit
+
+$(eval $(meson-package))