diff --git a/pkg/flatbuffers/Makefile b/pkg/flatbuffers/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..732aa0f34f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/flatbuffers/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+PKG_NAME=flatbuffers
+PKG_URL=https://github.com/google/flatbuffers
+PKG_VERSION=v1.11.0
+PKG_LICENSE=Apache2.0
+
+include $(RIOTBASE)/pkg/pkg.mk
+
+all:
+	"$(MAKE)" -C $(PKG_BUILDDIR)/src -f $(CURDIR)/Makefile.$(PKG_NAME)
diff --git a/pkg/flatbuffers/Makefile.dep b/pkg/flatbuffers/Makefile.dep
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5648689939
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/flatbuffers/Makefile.dep
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+USEMODULE += cpp11-compat
diff --git a/pkg/flatbuffers/Makefile.flatbuffers b/pkg/flatbuffers/Makefile.flatbuffers
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ca39aaabec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/flatbuffers/Makefile.flatbuffers
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+MODULE = flatbuffers
+
+NO_AUTO_SRC := 1
+
+include $(RIOTBASE)/Makefile.base
diff --git a/pkg/flatbuffers/Makefile.include b/pkg/flatbuffers/Makefile.include
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b2327fa368
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/flatbuffers/Makefile.include
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+INCLUDES += -I$(PKGDIRBASE)/flatbuffers/include
+
+FLATC ?= flatc
+
+ifneq (0,$(shell which flatc 2>&1 > /dev/null ; echo $$?))
+  FLATC = $(RIOTTOOLS)/flatc/flatc
+  $(call target-export-variables,all,FLATC)
+endif
+
+# This module requires cpp11 support
+CXXEXFLAGS += -std=c++11
diff --git a/pkg/flatbuffers/doc.txt b/pkg/flatbuffers/doc.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8e3f8a6eeb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/flatbuffers/doc.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+/**
+ * @defgroup pkg_flatbuffers FlatBuffers
+ * @ingroup  pkg
+ * @ingroup  sys_serialization
+ * @brief    FlatBuffers: Memory Efficient Serialization Library
+ *
+ * @see      http://google.github.io/flatbuffers/
+ */