diff --git a/pkg/micropython/Makefile b/pkg/micropython/Makefile
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+PKG_NAME=micropython
+PKG_URL=https://github.com/kaspar030/micropython
+PKG_VERSION=5c45688d431a4d0f626d86478ad490cfb6d8ac30
+PKG_LICENSE=MIT
+
+CFLAGS += -Wno-implicit-fallthrough -Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-error
+
+.PHONY: all
+
+all:
+	@mkdir -p $(PKG_BUILDDIR)/tmp
+	BUILD=$(PKG_BUILDDIR) "$(MAKE)" -C $(PKG_BUILDDIR)/ports/riot
+
+include $(RIOTBASE)/pkg/pkg.mk
diff --git a/pkg/micropython/Makefile.dep b/pkg/micropython/Makefile.dep
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+USEMODULE += xtimer
+USEMODULE += stdin
+
+# MicroPython doesn't compile for <32bit platforms
+FEATURES_BLACKLIST += arch_8bit arch_16bit
+
+# This port currently requires ISR_STACKSIZE and thread_isr_stack_start
+FEATURES_BLACKLIST += arch_arm7 arch_esp32 arch_esp8266 arch_riscv
+
+# The port currently doesn't compile for mips
+FEATURES_BLACKLIST += arch_mips32r2
diff --git a/pkg/micropython/Makefile.include b/pkg/micropython/Makefile.include
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+# configuration
+MP_RIOT_HEAPSIZE ?= 16384U
+
+CFLAGS += -DMP_RIOT_HEAPSIZE=$(MP_RIOT_HEAPSIZE)
+
+# include paths
+INCLUDES += -I$(RIOTBASE)/pkg/micropython/include
+INCLUDES += -I$(PKGDIRBASE)/micropython
+INCLUDES += -I$(PKGDIRBASE)/micropython/ports/riot
+
+# The port currently doesn't build with llvm
+TOOLCHAINS_BLACKLIST += llvm
diff --git a/pkg/micropython/doc.txt b/pkg/micropython/doc.txt
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+/**
+ * @defgroup pkg_micropython MicroPython RIOT port
+ * @ingroup  pkg
+ * @brief    MicroPython - Python for microcontrollers
+ *
+ * # MicroPython RIOT package
+ *
+ * "MicroPython is a lean and efficient implementation of the Python 3
+ *  programming language that includes a small subset of the Python standard
+ *  library and is optimised to run on microcontrollers and in constrained
+ *  environments."
+ *
+ * @see https://micropython.org
+ *
+ * ## Status
+ *
+ * MicroPython on RIOT has to be considered experimental. While the basic
+ * interpreter works fairly well on native and Cortex-M, it has not seen much
+ * testing.
+ *
+ * ## Configuration options
+ *
+ * Use the following environment variables in the application Makefile
+ * or from the command line to configure MicroPython:
+ *
+ * MP_RIOT_HEAPSIZE: heap size for MicroPython, in bytes. Defaults to 16KiB.
+ *
+ * Example on the command line:
+ * ```
+ * MP_RIOT_HEAPSIZE=2048 make -C examples/micropython
+ * ```
+ *
+ * ## Implementation details
+ *
+ * The RIOT port of MicroPython currently resides in a fork at
+ * https://github.com/kaspar030/micropython (in branch add_riot_port). It is
+ * based on Micropython's "ports/minimal" with some extra modules enabled.
+ * It re-uses the gc_collect code from ports/unix, which has special support
+ * for i386 and Cortex-M. On other platforms, it uses setjmp() to collect
+ * registers.
+ *
+ * ## MicroPython's test suite
+ *
+ * It is possible to run MicroPython's test suite for testing this port.
+ *
+ * Steps:
+ *
+ * 1. make -Cexamples/micropython flash
+ * 2. cd examples/micropython/bin/pkg/${BOARD}/micropython
+ * 3. git apply ports/riot/slow_uart_writes.patch
+ * 4. cd tests
+ * 5. ./run-tests --target pyboard --device ${PORT}
+ *
+ * ## MicroPython modules
+ *
+ * Currently, the port enables only a subset of the available MycroPython
+ * modules. See "ports/riot/mpconfigport.h" for details.
+ *
+ * For now, the utime module has RIOT specific code and should work as expected.
+ *
+ * ## RIOT specific modules
+ *
+ * Currently, these are implemented:
+ *
+ * ### thread_getpid()
+ *
+ *     >>> import riot
+ *     >>> print(riot.thread_getpid())
+
+ * ### xtimer
+ *
+ *     >>> import xtimer
+ *     >>>
+ *     >>> a = 0
+ *     >>> def inc_a():
+ *     >>>   global a
+ *     >>>   a += 1
+ *     >>>
+ *     >>> t = xtimer.xtimer(inc_a)
+ *     >>> t.set(100000)
+ *     >>> print(a)
+ *
+ * ## How to use
+ *
+ * See examples/micropython for example code.
+ *
+ */
diff --git a/pkg/micropython/include/micropython.h b/pkg/micropython/include/micropython.h
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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2019 Kaspar Schleiser <kaspar@schleiser.de>
+ *               2019 Inria
+ *               2019 Freie Universität Berlin
+ *
+ * This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU Lesser
+ * General Public License v2.1. See the file LICENSE in the top level
+ * directory for more details.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @ingroup     pkg_micropython
+ *
+ * @{
+ *
+ * @file
+ * @brief       MicroPython RIOT specific API
+ *
+ * @author      Kaspar Schleiser <kaspar@schleiser.de>
+ */
+
+#ifndef MICROPYTHON_H
+#define MICROPYTHON_H
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+#ifndef MP_RIOT_HEAPSIZE
+/* use a reasonable default heap size */
+#define MP_RIOT_HEAPSIZE (16U*1024)
+#endif
+
+#ifndef MP_STACK_SAFEAREA
+#define MP_STACK_SAFEAREA (128U)
+#endif
+
+/**
+ * @brief   Initialize RIOT MicroPython port
+ *
+ * @param[in]   heap        ptr to heap MicroPython should use
+ * @param[in]   heap_size   size of heap
+ */
+void mp_riot_init(char* heap, size_t heap_size);
+
+/**
+ * @brief   Execute a string as MicroPython code
+ *
+ * The string will be executed on the global MicroPython instance.
+ *
+ * @param[in]   src pointer to Python code
+ * @param[in]   len length of src
+ */
+void mp_do_str(const char *src, int len);
+
+#endif /* MICROPYTHON_H */
+/** @} */