diff --git a/DEVELOPERS b/DEVELOPERS
index 988a32a914..62e3eb278d 100644
--- a/DEVELOPERS
+++ b/DEVELOPERS
@@ -410,6 +410,7 @@ F:	package/intel-mediasdk/
 F:	package/intel-microcode/
 F:	package/intel-vpl-gpu-rt/
 F:	package/jsoncpp/
+F:	package/jwt-cpp/
 F:	package/kodi*
 F:	package/lame/
 F:	package/lcms2/
@@ -1031,6 +1032,7 @@ F:	package/bitcoin/
 
 N:	Fabrice Fontaine <fabrice.fontaine@orange.com>
 F:	package/domoticz/
+F:	package/jwt-cpp/
 F:	package/libmediaart/
 F:	package/libmaxminddb/
 F:	package/openzwave/
diff --git a/package/Config.in b/package/Config.in
index 1e4b095883..8d9ec62bfa 100644
--- a/package/Config.in
+++ b/package/Config.in
@@ -1908,6 +1908,7 @@ menu "JSON/XML"
 	source "package/json-for-modern-cpp/Config.in"
 	source "package/json-glib/Config.in"
 	source "package/jsoncpp/Config.in"
+	source "package/jwt-cpp/Config.in"
 	source "package/libfastjson/Config.in"
 	source "package/libjson/Config.in"
 	source "package/libroxml/Config.in"
diff --git a/package/jwt-cpp/Config.in b/package/jwt-cpp/Config.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..32fcdbe468
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/jwt-cpp/Config.in
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+config BR2_PACKAGE_JWT_CPP
+	bool "jwt-cpp"
+	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_8 # C++11
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL
+	help
+	  A header only library for creating and validating json web
+	  tokens in c++
+
+	  https://thalhammer.github.io/jwt-cpp/
+
+comment "jwt-cpp needs a toolchain w/ C++, gcc >= 4.8"
+	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_8
diff --git a/package/jwt-cpp/jwt-cpp.hash b/package/jwt-cpp/jwt-cpp.hash
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..38df18ced7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/jwt-cpp/jwt-cpp.hash
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# From https://github.com/Thalhammer/jwt-cpp/releases/tag/v0.7.2
+sha256  7c1b4f767bdd14f727f6114d9e35b761f10d00d6a27ef7650ee8c628f08df27c  jwt-cpp-v0.7.2.tar.gz
+# Locally calculated
+sha256  35c2d7d6824a1e1ed2b266ec334b7862726ae593855c3cfa68b952bb75f082c4  LICENSE
diff --git a/package/jwt-cpp/jwt-cpp.mk b/package/jwt-cpp/jwt-cpp.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..27e7d23691
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/jwt-cpp/jwt-cpp.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+################################################################################
+#
+# jwt-cpp
+#
+################################################################################
+
+JWT_CPP_VERSION = 0.7.2
+JWT_CPP_SITE = https://github.com/Thalhammer/jwt-cpp/releases/download/v$(JWT_CPP_VERSION)
+JWT_CPP_SOURCE = jwt-cpp-v$(JWT_CPP_VERSION).tar.gz
+JWT_CPP_LICENSE = MIT
+JWT_CPP_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
+JWT_CPP_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
+JWT_CPP_DEPENDENCIES = openssl
+JWT_CPP_CONF_OPTS = \
+	-DJWT_BUILD_EXAMPLES=OFF \
+	-DJWT_BUILD_TESTS=OFF
+
+$(eval $(cmake-package))