diff --git a/package/Config.in b/package/Config.in
index afecb8e..155a429 100644
--- a/package/Config.in
+++ b/package/Config.in
@@ -749,6 +749,7 @@ if BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX_SHOW_OTHERS
 source "package/module-init-tools/Config.in"
 endif
 source "package/monit/Config.in"
+source "package/polkit/Config.in"
 if BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX_SHOW_OTHERS
 source "package/procps/Config.in"
 source "package/psmisc/Config.in"
diff --git a/package/polkit/Config.in b/package/polkit/Config.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9ca347a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/polkit/Config.in
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+config BR2_PACKAGE_POLKIT
+        bool "polkit"
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGLIB2
+	select BR2_DBUS_EXPAT
+	help
+	  PolicyKit is a toolkit for defining and handling
+	  authorizations.  It is used for allowing unprivileged
+	  processes to speak to privileged processes.
diff --git a/package/polkit/polkit.mk b/package/polkit/polkit.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8c882f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/polkit/polkit.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#############################################################
+#
+# polkit
+#
+#############################################################
+POLKIT_VERSION = 0.103
+POLKIT_SITE = http://www.freedesktop.org/software/polkit/releases/
+
+POLKIT_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
+
+POLKIT_DEPENDENCIES = libglib2 host-intltool expat
+
+# We could also support --with-authfw=pam
+POLKIT_CONF_OPT = \
+	--with-authfw=shadow \
+	--with-os-type=unknown
+
+$(eval $(autotools-package))