diff --git a/package/Config.in b/package/Config.in
index 3a0cc0c585..b424d20de4 100644
--- a/package/Config.in
+++ b/package/Config.in
@@ -1397,6 +1397,7 @@ menu "Crypto"
 	source "package/botan/Config.in"
 	source "package/ca-certificates/Config.in"
 	source "package/cryptodev/Config.in"
+	source "package/cryptopp/Config.in"
 	source "package/gcr/Config.in"
 	source "package/gnutls/Config.in"
 	source "package/libargon2/Config.in"
diff --git a/package/cryptopp/0001-GNUmakefile-add-missing-shared-library-symlink.patch b/package/cryptopp/0001-GNUmakefile-add-missing-shared-library-symlink.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5f87414d53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/cryptopp/0001-GNUmakefile-add-missing-shared-library-symlink.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+From e4c2e3bc8174f24cf63923619f5d06d85b84ae1d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Kamel Bouhara <kamel.bouhara@bootlin.com>
+Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2022 22:59:23 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] GNUmakefile: add missing shared library symlink
+
+The GNUmakefile install-lib target currently installs the following
+symlink:
+
+	libcryptopp.so -> libcryptopp.so.8.6.0
+
+However, it does not create the following symlink:
+
+	libcryptopp.so.8 -> libcryptopp.so.8.6.0
+
+This symlink is necessary at runtime because libcryptopp.so.8 is the
+SONAME of the cryptopp library, and therefore this is what the dynamic
+loader will search when starting a program that is linked against
+cryptopp.
+
+For native compilation, the 'ldconfig' invocation that immediately
+follows will create that symlink, so everything works.
+
+For cross-compilation however, ldconfig can't be used, and therefore
+LDCONFIG is passed as /bin/true, and therefore it doesn't create the
+symlink. So instead, create it directly inside the GNUmakefile,
+without relying on ldconfig.
+
+Upstream: https://github.com/weidai11/cryptopp/pull/1101
+Signed-off-by: Kamel Bouhara <kamel.bouhara@bootlin.com>
+Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@bootlin.com>
+---
+ GNUmakefile       | 1 +
+ GNUmakefile-cross | 1 +
+ 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+)
+
+diff --git a/GNUmakefile b/GNUmakefile
+index 23273edb..3b55e420 100644
+--- a/GNUmakefile
++++ b/GNUmakefile
+@@ -1412,6 +1412,7 @@ ifneq ($(wildcard libcryptopp.so$(SOLIB_VERSION_SUFFIX)),)
+ 	$(CHMOD) u=rwx,go=rx $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDIR)/libcryptopp.so$(SOLIB_VERSION_SUFFIX)
+ ifeq ($(HAS_SOLIB_VERSION),1)
+ 	-$(LN) libcryptopp.so$(SOLIB_VERSION_SUFFIX) $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDIR)/libcryptopp.so
++	-$(LN) libcryptopp.so$(SOLIB_VERSION_SUFFIX) $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDIR)/libcryptopp.so$(SOLIB_COMPAT_SUFFIX)
+ 	$(LDCONF) $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDIR)
+ endif
+ endif
+diff --git a/GNUmakefile-cross b/GNUmakefile-cross
+index 9847f04b..a2b87e4a 100644
+--- a/GNUmakefile-cross
++++ b/GNUmakefile-cross
+@@ -856,6 +856,7 @@ ifneq ($(wildcard libcryptopp.so$(SOLIB_VERSION_SUFFIX)),)
+ 	$(CHMOD) u=rwx,go=rx $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDIR)/libcryptopp.so$(SOLIB_VERSION_SUFFIX)
+ ifeq ($(HAS_SOLIB_VERSION),1)
+ 	-$(LN) libcryptopp.so$(SOLIB_VERSION_SUFFIX) $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDIR)/libcryptopp.so
++	-$(LN) libcryptopp.so$(SOLIB_VERSION_SUFFIX) $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDIR)/libcryptopp.so$(SOLIB_COMPAT_SUFFIX)
+ 	$(LDCONF) $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDIR)
+ endif
+ endif
+-- 
+2.33.1
+
diff --git a/package/cryptopp/Config.in b/package/cryptopp/Config.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4ead5339ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/cryptopp/Config.in
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+config BR2_PACKAGE_CRYPTOPP
+	bool "cryptopp"
+	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS
+	help
+	  A free C++ class library of cryptographic schemes
+
+comment "cryptopp needs a toolchain w/ dynamic library"
+	depends on BR2_STATIC_LIBS
diff --git a/package/cryptopp/cryptopp.mk b/package/cryptopp/cryptopp.mk
index 6711a37fbc..5e6eb9644d 100644
--- a/package/cryptopp/cryptopp.mk
+++ b/package/cryptopp/cryptopp.mk
@@ -36,4 +36,35 @@ define HOST_CRYPTOPP_INSTALL_CMDS
 	$(HOST_MAKE_ENV) $(MAKE) -C $(@D) PREFIX=$(HOST_DIR) install-lib
 endef
 
+define CRYPTOPP_EXTRACT_CMDS
+	$(UNZIP) $(CRYPTOPP_DL_DIR)/$(CRYPTOPP_SOURCE) -d $(@D)
+endef
+
+CRYPTOPP_CXXFLAGS = $(TARGET_CXXFLAGS) -fPIC
+
+# _mm256_broadcastsi128_si256 has been added only in gcc 4.9
+ifneq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_9),y)
+CRYPTOPP_CXXFLAGS += -DCRYPTOPP_DISABLE_AVX2
+endif
+
+CRYPTOPP_MAKE_OPTS = \
+	$(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) \
+	CXXFLAGS="$(CRYPTOPP_CXXFLAGS)"
+
+define CRYPTOPP_BUILD_CMDS
+	$(TARGET_MAKE_ENV) $(MAKE) -C $(@D) $(CRYPTOPP_MAKE_OPTS) \
+		PREFIX=/usr shared libcryptopp.pc
+endef
+
+define CRYPTOPP_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
+	$(TARGET_MAKE_ENV) $(MAKE) -C $(@D) PREFIX=/usr DESTDIR=$(TARGET_DIR) \
+		LDCONFIG=/bin/true install-lib
+endef
+
+define CRYPTOPP_INSTALL_STAGING_CMDS
+	$(TARGET_MAKE_ENV) $(MAKE) -C $(@D) PREFIX=/usr DESTDIR=$(STAGING_DIR) \
+		LDCONFIG=/bin/true install-lib
+endef
+
+$(eval $(generic-package))
 $(eval $(host-generic-package))