diff --git a/DEVELOPERS b/DEVELOPERS
index 0296a28280..c876be2cb6 100644
--- a/DEVELOPERS
+++ b/DEVELOPERS
@@ -3194,6 +3194,7 @@ F:	package/vuejs-router/
 N:	Thomas Devoogdt <thomas@devoogdt.com>
 F:	package/fluent-bit/
 F:	package/libsoup3/
+F:	package/yq/
 
 N:	Thomas Huth <th.huth+br@posteo.eu>
 F:	package/ascii-invaders/
diff --git a/package/Config.in b/package/Config.in
index 297565ab1b..cd8765bbcf 100644
--- a/package/Config.in
+++ b/package/Config.in
@@ -203,6 +203,7 @@ menu "Development tools"
 	source "package/tree/Config.in"
 	source "package/unifdef/Config.in"
 	source "package/yasm/Config.in"
+	source "package/yq/Config.in"
 endmenu
 
 menu "Filesystem and flash utilities"
diff --git a/package/yq/Config.in b/package/yq/Config.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d85b3e5601
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/yq/Config.in
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+config BR2_PACKAGE_YQ
+	bool "yq"
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_GO_TARGET_ARCH_SUPPORTS
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_GO
+	help
+	  A lightweight and portable command-line YAML, JSON, INI
+	  and XML processor, yq uses jq (a popular JSON processor)
+	  like syntax.
+
+	  https://mikefarah.gitbook.io/yq/
diff --git a/package/yq/yq.hash b/package/yq/yq.hash
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..519d1c9a3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/yq/yq.hash
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Locally calculated
+sha256  291334bc00863c144098b5b0a723a5c769df115c46938e17920917aa24776591  yq-4.49.2-go2.tar.gz
+sha256  697db34dabb21562fe84487a2ccd031fbd45382b89c2cbdec8ef31682c486040  LICENSE
diff --git a/package/yq/yq.mk b/package/yq/yq.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..10d0959791
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/yq/yq.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+################################################################################
+#
+# yq
+#
+################################################################################
+
+YQ_VERSION = 4.49.2
+YQ_SITE = $(call github,mikefarah,yq,v$(YQ_VERSION))
+YQ_LICENSE = MIT
+YQ_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
+YQ_GOMOD = github.com/mikefarah/yq/v4
+
+$(eval $(golang-package))