diff --git a/package/libs/libjson-c/Makefile b/package/libs/libjson-c/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9c32ca5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/libs/libjson-c/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2006-2014 OpenWrt.org
+#
+# This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
+# See /LICENSE for more information.
+#
+
+include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
+
+PKG_NAME:=json-c
+PKG_VERSION:=0.18
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
+
+PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)-nodoc.tar.gz
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://s3.amazonaws.com/json-c_releases/releases/
+PKG_HASH:=602cdefc1d2aab8318fc0814b7ce7d59e72514d4276ca3eff92f35f86cf1c160
+
+PKG_MAINTAINER:=Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>
+PKG_LICENSE:=MIT
+PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=COPYING
+PKG_CPE_ID:=cpe:/a:json-c:json-c
+
+HOST_BUILD_PREFIX:=$(STAGING_DIR_HOST)
+
+include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
+include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/host-build.mk
+include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/cmake.mk
+
+CMAKE_HOST_OPTIONS += \
+	-DDISABLE_EXTRA_LIBS=TRUE \
+	-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=FALSE
+
+CMAKE_OPTIONS += \
+	-DDISABLE_EXTRA_LIBS=TRUE
+
+define Package/libjson-c
+  SECTION:=libs
+  CATEGORY:=Libraries
+  TITLE:=javascript object notation
+  URL:=https://json-c.github.io/json-c/
+  ABI_VERSION:=5
+endef
+
+define Package/libjson-c/description
+ This package contains a library for javascript object notation backends.
+endef
+
+define Build/InstallDev
+	$(call Build/InstallDev/cmake,$(1))
+	$(SED) 's,/usr/include,$$$${prefix}/include,g' $(1)/usr/lib/pkgconfig/json-c.pc
+	$(SED) 's,/usr/lib,$$$${exec_prefix}/lib,g' $(1)/usr/lib/pkgconfig/json-c.pc
+endef
+
+define Package/libjson-c/install
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/lib
+	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libjson-c.so.* $(1)/usr/lib/
+endef
+
+$(eval $(call BuildPackage,libjson-c))
+$(eval $(call HostBuild))
diff --git a/package/libs/libjson-c/patches/001-dont-build-docs.patch b/package/libs/libjson-c/patches/001-dont-build-docs.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..68fbc17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/libs/libjson-c/patches/001-dont-build-docs.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- a/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -449,8 +449,6 @@ configure_file(json.h.cmakein ${PROJECT_
+ include_directories(${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR})
+ include_directories(${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR})
+ 
+-add_subdirectory(doc)
+-
+ # "uninstall" custom target for make generators in unix like operating systems
+ # and if that target is not present
+ if (CMAKE_GENERATOR STREQUAL "Unix Makefiles")