diff --git a/package/shairport-sync/Config.in b/package/shairport-sync/Config.in
index 528767ba9c..89d9c9feb0 100644
--- a/package/shairport-sync/Config.in
+++ b/package/shairport-sync/Config.in
@@ -26,6 +26,19 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_SHAIRPORT_SYNC_CONVOLUTION
 	help
 	  Enable audio DSP convolution support.
 
+config BR2_PACKAGE_SHAIRPORT_SYNC_AIRPLAY2
+	bool "AirPlay2 support"
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_NQPTP # runtime
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBPLIST
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBSODIUM
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGCRYPT
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_FFMPEG
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LIBUUID
+	help
+	  Enable support for the more modern AirPlay2 protocol.
+	  This will also require ffmpeg and many other libraries.
+
 config BR2_PACKAGE_SHAIRPORT_SYNC_DBUS
 	bool "dbus support"
 	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # libglib2
diff --git a/package/shairport-sync/shairport-sync.mk b/package/shairport-sync/shairport-sync.mk
index 493eefbd6f..a792e461ef 100644
--- a/package/shairport-sync/shairport-sync.mk
+++ b/package/shairport-sync/shairport-sync.mk
@@ -53,6 +53,14 @@ else
 SHAIRPORT_SYNC_CONF_OPTS += --without-convolution
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_SHAIRPORT_SYNC_AIRPLAY2),y)
+# host-vim needed for xxd
+SHAIRPORT_SYNC_DEPENDENCIES += libplist libsodium libgcrypt ffmpeg util-linux host-vim
+SHAIRPORT_SYNC_CONF_OPTS += --with-airplay-2
+else
+SHAIRPORT_SYNC_CONF_OPTS += --without-airplay-2
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_SHAIRPORT_SYNC_DBUS),y)
 SHAIRPORT_SYNC_DEPENDENCIES += libglib2
 SHAIRPORT_SYNC_CONF_OPTS += --with-dbus-interface --with-mpris-interface