diff --git a/package/Config.in b/package/Config.in
index 046c04e994..dbbdc35390 100644
--- a/package/Config.in
+++ b/package/Config.in
@@ -1929,6 +1929,7 @@ menu "Other"
 	source "package/libevdev/Config.in"
 	source "package/libevent/Config.in"
 	source "package/libffi/Config.in"
+	source "package/libgdal/Config.in"
 	source "package/libgee/Config.in"
 	source "package/libgeos/Config.in"
 	source "package/libglib2/Config.in"
diff --git a/package/libgdal/0001-port-cpl_recode_iconv.cpp-use-cast.patch b/package/libgdal/0001-port-cpl_recode_iconv.cpp-use-cast.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9fa958524f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/libgdal/0001-port-cpl_recode_iconv.cpp-use-cast.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+From 0730ebc7a1e22a169bf3a1d873e130e079a68b3d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Dominik Michael Rauh <dmrauh@posteo.de>
+Date: Sat, 1 May 2021 20:11:30 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] port/cpl_recode_iconv.cpp: use cast
+
+Fixes error: invalid cast from type 'int' to type 'iconv_t' {aka 'long
+int'}
+
+Signed-off-by: Dominik Michael Rauh <dmrauh@posteo.de>
+---
+ port/cpl_recode_iconv.cpp | 4 ++--
+ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/port/cpl_recode_iconv.cpp b/port/cpl_recode_iconv.cpp
+index d341bb1..2346012 100644
+--- a/port/cpl_recode_iconv.cpp
++++ b/port/cpl_recode_iconv.cpp
+@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ char *CPLRecodeIconv( const char *pszSource,
+ 
+     sConv = iconv_open( pszDstEncoding, pszSrcEncoding );
+ 
+-    if( sConv == reinterpret_cast<iconv_t>(-1) )
++    if( sConv == (iconv_t)(-1) )
+     {
+         CPLError( CE_Warning, CPLE_AppDefined,
+                   "Recode from %s to %s failed with the error: \"%s\".",
+@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ char *CPLRecodeFromWCharIconv( const wchar_t *pwszSource,
+ 
+     sConv = iconv_open( pszDstEncoding, pszSrcEncoding );
+ 
+-    if( sConv == reinterpret_cast<iconv_t>(-1) )
++    if( sConv == (iconv_t)(-1) )
+     {
+         CPLFree( pszIconvSrcBuf );
+         CPLError( CE_Warning, CPLE_AppDefined,
+-- 
+2.31.1
+
diff --git a/package/libgdal/Config.in b/package/libgdal/Config.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1f3861e944
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/libgdal/Config.in
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGDAL
+	bool "libgdal"
+	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP # proj, libjson
+	# configure can't find proj, when linking statically
+	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_7 # C++11, proj
+	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_BINUTILS_BUG_21464
+	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_BINUTILS_BUG_27597
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # proj
+	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # proj
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_JPEG
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBJSON
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBPNG
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_PROJ
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_ZLIB
+	help
+	  GDAL is a translator library for raster and vector geospatial
+	  data formats. As a library, it presents a single raster
+	  abstract data model and single vector abstract data model to
+	  the calling application for all supported formats. It also
+	  comes with a variety of useful command line utilities for data
+	  translation and processing.
+
+	  https://gdal.org/
+
+comment "libgdal needs a toolchain w/ C++, dynamic library, gcc >= 4.7, not binutils bug 21464, 27597, threads, wchar"
+	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || BR2_STATIC_LIBS || \
+		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_7 || \
+		BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_BINUTILS_BUG_21464 || \
+		BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_BINUTILS_BUG_27597 || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || \
+		!BR2_USE_WCHAR
diff --git a/package/libgdal/libgdal.hash b/package/libgdal/libgdal.hash
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ea770a38d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/libgdal/libgdal.hash
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# md5 from: https://download.osgeo.org/gdal/3.3.1/gdal-3.3.1.tar.xz.md5, sha256 locally computed:
+md5  7611300fece06853a1a88149e0cc8922  gdal-3.3.1.tar.xz
+sha256  48ab00b77d49f08cf66c60ccce55abb6455c3079f545e60c90ee7ce857bccb70  gdal-3.3.1.tar.xz
+
+# Hash of license file:
+sha256  b82e6cca0b13f5db2f22ab667f22254fb1f4b135ea73d5bd6238ef89aff31f6c  LICENSE.TXT
diff --git a/package/libgdal/libgdal.mk b/package/libgdal/libgdal.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..337b8a7fb7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/libgdal/libgdal.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+################################################################################
+#
+# libgdal
+#
+################################################################################
+
+LIBGDAL_VERSION = 3.3.1
+LIBGDAL_SITE = https://download.osgeo.org/gdal/$(LIBGDAL_VERSION)
+LIBGDAL_SOURCE = gdal-$(LIBGDAL_VERSION).tar.xz
+LIBGDAL_LICENSE = MIT (GDAL/OGR), BSD-3-Clause, BSD-Style, APACHE-2.0
+LIBGDAL_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE.TXT
+LIBGDAL_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
+LIBGDAL_CONFIG_SCRIPTS = gdal-config
+# libgdal at its core only needs host-pkgconf, libgeotiff, proj and tiff but
+# since by default mrf driver support is enabled, it also needs jpeg, libpng
+# and zlib. By default there are also many other drivers enabled but it seems,
+# in contrast to mrf driver support, that they can be implicitely disabled, by
+# configuring libgdal without their respectively needed dependencies.
+LIBGDAL_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf jpeg libgeotiff libpng proj tiff zlib
+
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_POSTGRESQL),y)
+LIBGDAL_DEPENDENCIES += postgresql
+LIBGDAL_CONF_OPTS += --with-pg
+else
+LIBGDAL_CONF_OPTS += --without-pg
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBXML2),y)
+LIBGDAL_DEPENDENCIES += libxml2
+LIBGDAL_CONF_OPTS += --with-xml2
+else
+LIBGDAL_CONF_OPTS += --without-xml2
+endif
+
+LIBGDAL_CONF_OPTS += --with-cpp14 \
+					 --with-geotiff \
+					 --with-libjson-c \
+					 --with-libtiff \
+					 --with-libtool \
+					 --with-libz \
+					 --with-jpeg \
+					 --with-png \
+					 --with-proj
+
+# disable not yet handled packages and thus the associated libgdal drivers
+LIBGDAL_CONF_OPTS += --without-armadillo \
+					 --without-cfitsio \
+					 --without-crypto \
+					 --without-cryptopp \
+					 --without-curl \
+					 --without-dds \
+					 --without-dods-root \
+					 --without-ecw \
+					 --without-expat \
+					 --without-exr \
+					 --without-fgdb \
+					 --without-fme \
+					 --without-freexl \
+					 --without-geos \
+					 --without-gnm \
+					 --without-libkml \
+					 --without-grass \
+					 --without-libgrass \
+					 --without-gta \
+					 --without-hdf4 \
+					 --without-hdf5 \
+					 --without-hdfs \
+					 --without-heif \
+					 --without-idb \
+					 --without-ingres \
+					 --without-java \
+					 --without-jp2lura \
+					 --without-jpeg12 \
+					 --without-jasper \
+					 --without-charls \
+					 --without-kakadu \
+					 --without-kea \
+					 --without-lerc \
+					 --without-gif \
+					 --without-liblzma \
+					 --without-libdeflate \
+					 --without-mdb \
+					 --without-mongocxx \
+					 --without-mongocxxv3 \
+					 --without-mrsid \
+					 --without-jp2mrsid \
+					 --without-macosx-framework \
+					 --without-mrsid_lidar \
+					 --without-msg \
+					 --without-mysql \
+					 --without-netcdf \
+					 --without-null \
+					 --without-oci \
+					 --without-odbc \
+					 --without-ogdi \
+					 --without-opencl \
+					 --without-openjpeg \
+					 --without-pam \
+					 --without-pcidsk \
+					 --without-pcraster \
+					 --without-pcre \
+					 --without-pdfium \
+					 --without-perl \
+					 --without-podofo \
+					 --without-poppler \
+					 --without-python \
+					 --without-qhull \
+					 --without-rasdaman \
+					 --without-rasterlite2 \
+					 --without-rdb \
+					 --without-sfcgal \
+					 --without-sosi \
+					 --without-spatialite \
+					 --without-sqlite3 \
+					 --without-teigha \
+					 --without-tiledb \
+					 --without-webp \
+					 --without-xerces \
+					 --without-zstd
+
+$(eval $(autotools-package))
