diff --git a/DEVELOPERS b/DEVELOPERS
index 3f8a42c1d8..5927a97908 100644
--- a/DEVELOPERS
+++ b/DEVELOPERS
@@ -1089,6 +1089,7 @@ N:	Falco Hyfing <hyfinglists@gmail.com>
 F:	package/python-pymodbus/
 
 N:	Fiona Klute <fiona.klute@gmx.de>
+F:	package/python-pyasynchat/
 F:	package/python-pyasyncore/
 
 N:	Flávio Tapajós <flavio.tapajos@newtesc.com.br>
diff --git a/package/Config.in b/package/Config.in
index 38ebf13dbf..faf8dd7d7e 100644
--- a/package/Config.in
+++ b/package/Config.in
@@ -1253,6 +1253,7 @@ menu "External python modules"
 	source "package/python-pyalsa/Config.in"
 	source "package/python-pyasn1/Config.in"
 	source "package/python-pyasn1-modules/Config.in"
+	source "package/python-pyasynchat/Config.in"
 	source "package/python-pyasyncore/Config.in"
 	source "package/python-pybind/Config.in"
 	source "package/python-pycairo/Config.in"
diff --git a/package/python-pyasynchat/Config.in b/package/python-pyasynchat/Config.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bf11cc5b39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/python-pyasynchat/Config.in
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+config BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_PYASYNCHAT
+	bool "python-pyasynchat"
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_PYASYNCORE # runtime
+	help
+	  Make asynchat available for Python 3.12 onwards.
+
+	  This is a compatibility package using the code removed from
+	  the standard libary, upstream does not intend any
+	  maintenance.
+
+	  https://github.com/simonrob/pyasynchat
diff --git a/package/python-pyasynchat/python-pyasynchat.hash b/package/python-pyasynchat/python-pyasynchat.hash
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..232f936bcc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/python-pyasynchat/python-pyasynchat.hash
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# md5, sha256 from https://pypi.org/pypi/pyasynchat/json
+md5  9fa7e3822f689b1236ca59c5f1b71415  pyasynchat-1.0.4.tar.gz
+sha256  3f5333df649e46c56d48c57e6a4b7163fd07f626bfd884e22ef373ab3c3a4670  pyasynchat-1.0.4.tar.gz
+# Locally computed sha256 checksums
+sha256  f4f80c98161f5632004d44713b5cb95e400145b40cbc0297f1f50c27b54befdb  LICENSE
diff --git a/package/python-pyasynchat/python-pyasynchat.mk b/package/python-pyasynchat/python-pyasynchat.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6fb460cee1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/python-pyasynchat/python-pyasynchat.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+################################################################################
+#
+# python-pyasynchat
+#
+################################################################################
+
+PYTHON_PYASYNCHAT_VERSION = 1.0.4
+PYTHON_PYASYNCHAT_SOURCE = pyasynchat-$(PYTHON_PYASYNCHAT_VERSION).tar.gz
+PYTHON_PYASYNCHAT_SITE = https://github.com/simonrob/pyasynchat/releases/download/v$(PYTHON_PYASYNCHAT_VERSION)
+PYTHON_PYASYNCHAT_SETUP_TYPE = setuptools
+PYTHON_PYASYNCHAT_LICENSE = PSF-2.0
+PYTHON_PYASYNCHAT_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
+
+$(eval $(python-package))