diff --git a/DEVELOPERS b/DEVELOPERS
index c0126796001..93cccef70d5 100644
--- a/DEVELOPERS
+++ b/DEVELOPERS
@@ -1424,6 +1424,7 @@ N:	Joshua Henderson <joshua.henderson@microchip.com>
 F:	package/qt5/qt5wayland/
 
 N:	Jugurtha BELKALEM <jugurtha.belkalem@smile.fr>
+F:	package/python-aiofiles/
 F:	package/python-crayons/
 F:	package/python-cycler/
 F:	package/python-matplotlib/
diff --git a/package/Config.in b/package/Config.in
index e5019e3ed69..9d5124e838e 100644
--- a/package/Config.in
+++ b/package/Config.in
@@ -856,6 +856,7 @@ menu "External python modules"
 	source "package/python-aiocoap/Config.in"
 	source "package/python-aioconsole/Config.in"
 	source "package/python-aiodns/Config.in"
+	source "package/python-aiofiles/Config.in"
 	source "package/python-aiohttp/Config.in"
 	source "package/python-aiohttp-cors/Config.in"
 	source "package/python-aiohttp-debugtoolbar/Config.in"
diff --git a/package/python-aiofiles/Config.in b/package/python-aiofiles/Config.in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9cc3d7fe59f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/python-aiofiles/Config.in
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+config BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_AIOFILES
+	bool "python-aiofiles"
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3
+	help
+	  aiofiles aims to  handle local disk files in
+	  asyncio applications.
+
+	  https://pypi.org/project/aiofiles
diff --git a/package/python-aiofiles/python-aiofiles.hash b/package/python-aiofiles/python-aiofiles.hash
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3c3e8565a3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/python-aiofiles/python-aiofiles.hash
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# md5, sha256 from https://pypi.org/pypi/aiofiles/json
+md5  2243eff06072115e8afe8907677ca51d  aiofiles-0.5.0.tar.gz
+sha256  98e6bcfd1b50f97db4980e182ddd509b7cc35909e903a8fe50d8849e02d815af  aiofiles-0.5.0.tar.gz
+# Locally computed sha256 checksums
+sha256  cb5e8e7e5f4a3988e1063c142c60dc2df75605f4c46515e776e3aca6df976e14  LICENSE
diff --git a/package/python-aiofiles/python-aiofiles.mk b/package/python-aiofiles/python-aiofiles.mk
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..28f41e39677
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/python-aiofiles/python-aiofiles.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+################################################################################
+#
+# python-aiofiles
+#
+################################################################################
+
+PYTHON_AIOFILES_VERSION = 0.5.0
+PYTHON_AIOFILES_SOURCE = aiofiles-$(PYTHON_AIOFILES_VERSION).tar.gz
+PYTHON_AIOFILES_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/2b/64/437053d6a4ba3b3eea1044131a25b458489320cb9609e19ac17261e4dc9b
+PYTHON_AIOFILES_SETUP_TYPE = setuptools
+PYTHON_AIOFILES_LICENSE = Apache-2.0
+PYTHON_AIOFILES_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
+
+$(eval $(python-package))