diff --git a/DEVELOPERS b/DEVELOPERS
index 296b79f9e47..6478cdad0bc 100644
--- a/DEVELOPERS
+++ b/DEVELOPERS
@@ -155,7 +155,8 @@ N:	Alexey Lukyanchuk <skif@skif-web.ru>
 F:	package/zabbix/
 
 N: 	Alexis Lothoré <alexis.lothore@bootlin.com>
-F: 	package/python-scp
+F:	package/libxmlsec1/
+F: 	package/python-scp/
 
 N:	Alistair Francis <alistair@alistair23.me>
 F:	board/sifive/
diff --git a/package/Config.in b/package/Config.in
index 8346ef1a0e8..93d15975cbe 100644
--- a/package/Config.in
+++ b/package/Config.in
@@ -1892,6 +1892,7 @@ menu "JSON/XML"
 	source "package/libxmlb/Config.in"
 	source "package/libxmlpp/Config.in"
 	source "package/libxmlrpc/Config.in"
+	source "package/libxmlsec1/Config.in"
 	source "package/libxslt/Config.in"
 	source "package/libyaml/Config.in"
 	source "package/mxml/Config.in"
diff --git a/package/libxmlsec1/Config.in b/package/libxmlsec1/Config.in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..155efac825c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/libxmlsec1/Config.in
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBXMLSEC1
+	bool "libxmlsec1"
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBXML2
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBXSLT
+	help
+	  XMLSec library provides C based implementation for major XML
+	  Security standards:
+	    - XML Signature Syntax and Processing
+	    - XML Encryption Syntax and Processing
+
+	  https://www.aleksey.com/xmlsec/
+	  https://github.com/lsh123/xmlsec
diff --git a/package/libxmlsec1/libxmlsec1.hash b/package/libxmlsec1/libxmlsec1.hash
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9e0e67e7322
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/libxmlsec1/libxmlsec1.hash
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Locally computed
+sha256  a631c8cd7a6b86e6adb9f5b935d45a9cf9768b3cb090d461e8eb9d043cf9b62f  xmlsec1-1.3.9.tar.gz
+sha256  d5e9388534256360c6a009d4f19ab2b8d6ec0aa7ff32a51e22d899ed7beb5c48  Copyright
diff --git a/package/libxmlsec1/libxmlsec1.mk b/package/libxmlsec1/libxmlsec1.mk
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..08f1f9eccd6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/libxmlsec1/libxmlsec1.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+################################################################################
+#
+# libxmlsec1
+#
+################################################################################
+
+LIBXMLSEC1_VERSION = 1.3.9
+LIBXMLSEC1_SOURCE = xmlsec1-$(LIBXMLSEC1_VERSION).tar.gz
+LIBXMLSEC1_SITE = https://github.com/lsh123/xmlsec/releases/download/$(LIBXMLSEC1_VERSION)
+LIBXMLSEC1_LICENSE = MIT
+LIBXMLSEC1_LICENSE_FILES = Copyright
+LIBXMLSEC1_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
+LIBXMLSEC1_DEPENDENCIES = libxml2 libxslt openssl
+HOST_LIBXMLSEC1_DEPENDENCIES = host-libxml2 host-libxslt host-openssl
+LIBXMLSEC1_AUTORECONF = YES
+
+LIBXMLSEC1_CONF_OPTS = \
+	--enable-crypto-dl=no \
+	--with-openssl \
+	--without-gnutls \
+	--without-gcrypt \
+	--without-nss
+
+HOST_LIBXMLSEC1_CONF_OPTS = \
+	--enable-crypto-dl=no \
+	--with-openssl \
+	--without-gnutls \
+	--without-gcrypt \
+	--without-nss
+
+$(eval $(autotools-package))
+$(eval $(host-autotools-package))