diff --git a/package/Config.in b/package/Config.in
index 723ca11a..60fef19d 100644
--- a/package/Config.in
+++ b/package/Config.in
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 source "$BR2_EXTERNAL_INFIX_PATH/package/factory/Config.in"
 source "$BR2_EXTERNAL_INFIX_PATH/package/finit/Config.in"
 source "$BR2_EXTERNAL_INFIX_PATH/package/ifupdown2/Config.in"
+source "$BR2_EXTERNAL_INFIX_PATH/package/ifupdown-ng/Config.in"
 source "$BR2_EXTERNAL_INFIX_PATH/package/mdnsd/Config.in"
 source "$BR2_EXTERNAL_INFIX_PATH/package/python-templating/Config.in"
 source "$BR2_EXTERNAL_INFIX_PATH/package/skeleton-init-finit/Config.in"
diff --git a/package/ifupdown-ng/Config.in b/package/ifupdown-ng/Config.in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..26edcb91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/ifupdown-ng/Config.in
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+config BR2_PACKAGE_IFUPDOWN_NG
+	bool "ifupdown-ng"
+	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # fork()
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HEADERS_AT_LEAST_3_4 # iproute2
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX_SHOW_OTHERS
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBBSD if BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_GLIBC
+	# runtime for ip binary
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_IPROUTE2 if !BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX
+	# runtime for run-parts
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_DEBIANUTILS if !BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX
+	help
+	  ifupdown-ng is a network device manager that is largely
+	  compatible with Debian ifupdown, BusyBox ifupdown and Cumulus
+	  Networks ifupdown2.
+
+	  https://github.com/ifupdown-ng/ifupdown-ng
+
+comment "ifupdown needs a toolchain w/ headers >= 3.4"
+	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
+	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HEADERS_AT_LEAST_3_4
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX_SHOW_OTHERS
diff --git a/package/ifupdown-ng/ifupdown-ng.hash b/package/ifupdown-ng/ifupdown-ng.hash
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..25e5c854
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/ifupdown-ng/ifupdown-ng.hash
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Locally calculated
+sha256  d42c8c18222efbce0087b92a14ea206de4e865d5c9dde6c0864dcbb2b45f2d85  ifupdown-ng-0.12.1.tar.gz
+sha256  dac461b054f4dc686b1a787534a2d919af37a769926ff33516f26d4f79844876  COPYING
diff --git a/package/ifupdown-ng/ifupdown-ng.mk b/package/ifupdown-ng/ifupdown-ng.mk
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cab4ef10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/ifupdown-ng/ifupdown-ng.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+################################################################################
+#
+# ifupdown-ng
+#
+################################################################################
+
+IFUPDOWN_NG_VERSION = 0.12.1
+IFUPDOWN_NG_SITE = $(call github,ifupdown-ng,ifupdown-ng,ifupdown-ng-$(IFUPDOWN_NG_VERSION))
+IFUPDOWN_NG_LICENSE = ISC
+IFUPDOWN_NG_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
+
+ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_GLIBC),y)
+IFUPDOWN_NG_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf libbsd
+FOO = $(shell $(PKG_CONFIG_HOST_BINARY) --cflags libbsd-overlay)
+BAR = $(shell $(PKG_CONFIG_HOST_BINARY) --cflags --libs libbsd-overlay)
+TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS += LIBBSD_CFLAGS="$(FOO)"
+TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS += LIBBSD_LIBS="$(BAR)"
+endif
+
+define IFUPDOWN_NG_BUILD_CMDS
+	$(TARGET_MAKE_ENV) $(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) $(MAKE) \
+		LIBBSD_CFLAGS="$(FOO)" LIBBSD_LIBS="$(BAR)"  \
+		CFLAGS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS)" -C $(@D) all
+endef
+
+# install doesn't overwrite
+define IFUPDOWN_NG_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
+	$(RM) -r $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/libexec/ifupdown-ng
+	$(RM) $(TARGET_DIR)/etc/network/ifupdown-ng.conf.example
+	$(RM) $(TARGET_DIR)/sbin/{ifupdown,ifup,ifdown,ifquery,ifparse,ifctrstat}
+	$(TARGET_MAKE_ENV) $(MAKE) DESTDIR=$(TARGET_DIR) -C $(@D) install
+endef
+
+$(eval $(generic-package))