diff --git a/DEVELOPERS b/DEVELOPERS
index a9eb5d9231..0451d8341c 100644
--- a/DEVELOPERS
+++ b/DEVELOPERS
@@ -2283,6 +2283,7 @@ F:	package/python-ruamel-yaml-clib/
 F:	package/python-typing-inspection/
 F:	package/python-tzlocal/
 F:	package/python-sdbus-modemmanager/
+F:	package/python-varlink/
 F:	package/python-waitress/
 F:	package/python-whitenoise/
 F:	support/testing/tests/package/test_python_apscheduler.py
diff --git a/package/Config.in b/package/Config.in
index f33c116ec5..499c59a52e 100644
--- a/package/Config.in
+++ b/package/Config.in
@@ -1478,6 +1478,7 @@ menu "External python modules"
 	source "package/python-uvicorn/Config.in"
 	source "package/python-uvloop/Config.in"
 	source "package/python-validators/Config.in"
+	source "package/python-varlink/Config.in"
 	source "package/python-versiontools/Config.in"
 	source "package/python-visitor/Config.in"
 	source "package/python-waitress/Config.in"
diff --git a/package/python-varlink/Config.in b/package/python-varlink/Config.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..609fa22219
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/python-varlink/Config.in
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+config BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_VARLINK
+	bool "python-varlink"
+	help
+	  Python implementation of the Varlink protocol.
+
+	  https://github.com/varlink/python
diff --git a/package/python-varlink/python-varlink.hash b/package/python-varlink/python-varlink.hash
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5d8dfa9d8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/python-varlink/python-varlink.hash
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Locally computed sha256 checksums
+sha256  d31aee370ded51bc2bf8ad375fcd8b4cf3b7587306c0e05cffb45026ea9b9c40  python-varlink-32.1.0.tar.gz
+sha256  b40930bbcf80744c86c46a12bc9da056641d722716c378f5659b9e555ef833e1  LICENSE.txt
diff --git a/package/python-varlink/python-varlink.mk b/package/python-varlink/python-varlink.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1180cc4cc3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/python-varlink/python-varlink.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+################################################################################
+#
+# python-varlink
+#
+################################################################################
+
+PYTHON_VARLINK_VERSION = 32.1.0
+PYTHON_VARLINK_SITE = $(call github,varlink,python,$(PYTHON_VARLINK_VERSION))
+PYTHON_VARLINK_SETUP_TYPE = setuptools
+PYTHON_VARLINK_DEPENDENCIES = host-python-setuptools-scm
+PYTHON_VARLINK_LICENSE = Apache-2.0
+PYTHON_VARLINK_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE.txt
+PYTHON_VARLINK_ENV = SETUPTOOLS_SCM_PRETEND_VERSION_FOR_VARLINK=$(PYTHON_VARLINK_VERSION)
+
+$(eval $(python-package))