diff --git a/package/Config.in b/package/Config.in
index 8a7c9c4a5a..41cbb8c1a0 100644
--- a/package/Config.in
+++ b/package/Config.in
@@ -344,6 +344,7 @@ source "package/jsmin/Config.in"
 endmenu
 
 menu "Networking"
+source "package/glib-networking/Config.in"
 source "package/libcgi/Config.in"
 source "package/libcgicc/Config.in"
 source "package/libcurl/Config.in"
diff --git a/package/glib-networking/Config.in b/package/glib-networking/Config.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..16f0d4a22f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/glib-networking/Config.in
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+config BR2_PACKAGE_GLIB_NETWORKING
+	bool "glib-networking"
+	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # glib2
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGLIB2
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_GETTEXT if BR2_NEEDS_GETTEXT
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBINTL if BR2_NEEDS_GETTEXT
+	help
+	  Network-related GIO modules for glib.
+
+comment "glib-networking requires a toolchain with WCHAR support"
+	depends on !BR2_USE_WCHAR
diff --git a/package/glib-networking/glib-networking.mk b/package/glib-networking/glib-networking.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b1ad621101
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/glib-networking/glib-networking.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#############################################################
+#
+# glib-networking
+#
+#############################################################
+
+GLIB_NETWORKING_MAJOR_VERSION = 2.30
+GLIB_NETWORLING_MINOR_VERSION = 2
+GLIB_NETWORKING_VERSION = $(GLIB_NETWORKING_MAJOR_VERSION).$(GLIB_NETWORLING_MINOR_VERSION)
+GLIB_NETWORKING_SITE = http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/glib-networking/$(GLIB_NETWORKING_MAJOR_VERSION)
+GLIB_NETWORKING_SOURCE = glib-networking-$(GLIB_NETWORKING_VERSION).tar.xz
+
+GLIB_NETWORKING_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
+
+GLIB_NETWORKING_DEPENDENCIES = $(if $(BR2_NEEDS_GETTEXT_IF_LOCALE),gettext libintl) host-pkg-config libglib2
+
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_GNUTLS),y)
+GLIB_NETWORKING_DEPENDENCIES += gnutls
+GLIB_NETWORKING_CONF_OPT = --with-libgcrypt-prefix=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr
+endif
+
+$(eval $(call AUTOTARGETS))