diff --git a/DEVELOPERS b/DEVELOPERS
index 3ddb292894..c44f8f7145 100644
--- a/DEVELOPERS
+++ b/DEVELOPERS
@@ -935,6 +935,7 @@ F:	configs/qemu_ppc64le_pseries_defconfig
 N:	Joseph Kogut <joseph.kogut@gmail.com>
 F:	package/gconf/
 F:	package/python-cython/
+F:	package/python-kivy/
 F:	package/python-raven/
 F:	package/python-schedule/
 F:	package/python-websockets/
diff --git a/package/Config.in b/package/Config.in
index a48abf9470..97b3110951 100644
--- a/package/Config.in
+++ b/package/Config.in
@@ -823,6 +823,7 @@ menu "External python modules"
 	source "package/python-jsonschema/Config.in"
 	source "package/python-json-schema-validator/Config.in"
 	source "package/python-keyring/Config.in"
+	source "package/python-kivy/Config.in"
 	source "package/python-libconfig/Config.in"
 	source "package/python-libusb1/Config.in"
 	source "package/python-lmdb/Config.in"
diff --git a/package/python-kivy/0001-remove-getconf-dependency.patch b/package/python-kivy/0001-remove-getconf-dependency.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..76b5f0b428
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/python-kivy/0001-remove-getconf-dependency.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+From e5d2bc2db2235e05a1095f384c7358b255b50b09 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Joseph Kogut <joseph.kogut@gmail.com>
+Date: Thu, 3 May 2018 16:30:42 -0700
+Subject: [PATCH] input: probesysfs: remove getconf dependency
+
+Remove the dependency on getconf to get LONG_BIT value, in order to
+improve portability to Linux systems without Glibc and/or getconf.
+---
+ kivy/input/providers/probesysfs.py | 7 ++-----
+ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/kivy/input/providers/probesysfs.py b/kivy/input/providers/probesysfs.py
+index 8021d67e51..6bc424ecfa 100644
+--- a/kivy/input/providers/probesysfs.py
++++ b/kivy/input/providers/probesysfs.py
+@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
+     ProbeSysfsHardwareProbe = None
+ 
+ else:
++    import ctypes
+     from re import match, IGNORECASE
+     from glob import glob
+     from subprocess import Popen, PIPE
+@@ -89,7 +90,7 @@ def get_capabilities(self):
+                 return []
+ 
+             capabilities = []
+-            long_bit = getconf("LONG_BIT")
++            long_bit = ctypes.sizeof(ctypes.c_long) * 8
+             for i, word in enumerate(line.split(" ")):
+                 word = int(word, 16)
+                 subcapabilities = [bool(word & 1 << i)
+@@ -112,10 +113,6 @@ def getout(*args):
+         except OSError:
+             return ''
+ 
+-    def getconf(var):
+-        output = getout("getconf", var)
+-        return int(output)
+-
+     def query_xinput():
+         global _cache_xinput
+         if _cache_xinput is None:
diff --git a/package/python-kivy/Config.in b/package/python-kivy/Config.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7cc30b5774
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/python-kivy/Config.in
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+config BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_KIVY
+	bool "python-kivy"
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_PYTHON_CYTHON
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBPNG # runtime
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_MTDEV # runtime
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_DOCUTILS # runtime
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_PYGMENTS # runtime
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_LIBGL
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_GLIBC
+	help
+	  A software library for rapid development of hardware-accelerated
+	  multitouch applications.
+
+	  http://kivy.org
+
+comment "python-kivy needs OpenGL and a glibc toolchain"
+	depends on !BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_LIBGL
+	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_GLIBC
diff --git a/package/python-kivy/python-kivy.hash b/package/python-kivy/python-kivy.hash
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a7ef55fd32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/python-kivy/python-kivy.hash
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# sha256 locally computed
+sha256	53a4eb32b6f6ecb7dcf02ddf3631af247e43fd44eba74ca51fb20a82cd4c9589  python-kivy-5f6c66eba79e1f9360f2fba79ee2c4cc6a91ed13.tar.gz
+# License file, locally calculated
+sha256	282b3d8735ef6cbdcf8cc480947d50e0aea4ad1cc931d41f3f6a6bc23956f2d6  LICENSE
diff --git a/package/python-kivy/python-kivy.mk b/package/python-kivy/python-kivy.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..19b1e9435c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/python-kivy/python-kivy.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+################################################################################
+#
+# python-kivy
+#
+################################################################################
+
+PYTHON_KIVY_VERSION = 5f6c66eba79e1f9360f2fba79ee2c4cc6a91ed13
+PYTHON_KIVY_SITE = $(call github,kivy,kivy,$(PYTHON_KIVY_VERSION))
+PYTHON_KIVY_SETUP_TYPE = distutils
+PYTHON_KIVY_LICENSE = MIT
+PYTHON_KIVY_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
+PYTHON_KIVY_DEPENDENCIES = host-python-cython libgl
+
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_GSTREAMER),y)
+	PYTHON_KIVY_DEPENDENCIES += gstreamer
+	PYTHON_KIVY_ENV += USE_GSTREAMER=1
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_LIBEGL),y)
+	PYTHON_KIVY_DEPENDENCIES += libegl
+	PYTHON_KIVY_ENV += USE_EGL=1
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_SDL2)$(BR2_PACKAGE_SDL2_X11)$(BR2_PACKAGE_SDL2_IMAGE)$(BR2_PACKAGE_SDL2_MIXER)$(BR2_PACKAGE_SDL2_TTF),yyyyy)
+	PYTHON_KIVY_DEPENDENCIES += sdl2 sdl2_image sdl2_mixer sdl2_ttf
+	PYTHON_KIVY_ENV += USE_SDL2=1
+	PYTHON_KIVY_ENV += KIVY_SDL2_PATH=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include/SDL2
+else
+	PYTHON_KIVY_ENV += USE_SDL2=0
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_WAYLAND),y)
+	PYTHON_KIVY_DEPENDENCIES += wayland
+	PYTHON_KIVY_ENV += USE_WAYLAND=1
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_XSERVER_XORG_SERVER),y)
+	PYTHON_KIVY_DEPENDENCIES += xserver_xorg-server
+	PYTHON_KIVY_ENV += USE_X11=1
+endif
+
+define PYTHON_KIVY_REMOVE_EXAMPLES
+	rm -rf $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/share/kivy-examples
+endef
+
+PYTHON_KIVY_POST_INSTALL_TARGET_HOOKS += PYTHON_KIVY_REMOVE_EXAMPLES
+
+$(eval $(python-package))
