diff --git a/DEVELOPERS b/DEVELOPERS
index 228311beeb..af596a3847 100644
--- a/DEVELOPERS
+++ b/DEVELOPERS
@@ -3360,6 +3360,7 @@ F:	configs/nvidia_bf3_defconfig
 F:	package/bfscripts/
 F:	package/dpdk/
 F:	package/libecoli/
+F:	package/libyang-cpp/
 
 N:	Vincent Prince <vincent.prince.fr@gmail.com>
 F:	package/nss-myhostname/
diff --git a/package/Config.in b/package/Config.in
index 499c59a52e..a663869f6d 100644
--- a/package/Config.in
+++ b/package/Config.in
@@ -2106,6 +2106,7 @@ menu "Networking"
 	source "package/libvncserver/Config.in"
 	source "package/libwebsockets/Config.in"
 	source "package/libyang/Config.in"
+	source "package/libyang-cpp/Config.in"
 	source "package/libzenoh-c/Config.in"
 	source "package/libzenoh-pico/Config.in"
 	source "package/lksctp-tools/Config.in"
diff --git a/package/libyang-cpp/Config.in b/package/libyang-cpp/Config.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..87b31ea713
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/libyang-cpp/Config.in
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBYANG_CPP
+	bool "libyang-cpp"
+	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_10
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_SYNC_4 # libyang
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # libyang
+	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS # libyang
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBYANG
+	help
+	  C++ bindings for the libyang library (v4).
+
+	  libyang-cpp implements modern C++ RAII wrappers around the
+	  libyang C API, used by sysrepo, Kea + NETCONF, etc.
+
+	  https://github.com/CESNET/libyang-cpp
+
+comment "libyang-cpp needs a toolchain w/ threads, dynamic library, C++, gcc >= 10"
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_SYNC_4
+	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || BR2_STATIC_LIBS || \
+		!BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_10
diff --git a/package/libyang-cpp/libyang-cpp.hash b/package/libyang-cpp/libyang-cpp.hash
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cf4dc8085d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/libyang-cpp/libyang-cpp.hash
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Locally calculated
+sha256  70fd0df940026fb930d5407abe679e064caf4701bff35d79465b9ad2c0915808  libyang-cpp-4.tar.gz
+sha256  82e3758011ec44c78e98d0777799d6e12aec5b8a64b32ebb20d0fe50e32488bb  LICENSE
diff --git a/package/libyang-cpp/libyang-cpp.mk b/package/libyang-cpp/libyang-cpp.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5dff240305
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/libyang-cpp/libyang-cpp.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+################################################################################
+#
+# libyang-cpp
+#
+################################################################################
+
+LIBYANG_CPP_VERSION = 4
+LIBYANG_CPP_SITE = $(call github,CESNET,libyang-cpp,v$(LIBYANG_CPP_VERSION))
+LIBYANG_CPP_LICENSE = BSD-3-Clause
+LIBYANG_CPP_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
+LIBYANG_CPP_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
+LIBYANG_CPP_SUPPORTS_IN_SOURCE_BUILD = NO
+LIBYANG_CPP_DEPENDENCIES = libyang
+
+LIBYANG_CPP_CONF_OPTS = -DWITH_DOCS=OFF
+
+$(eval $(cmake-package))