diff --git a/pkg/libbase58/Makefile b/pkg/libbase58/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bbe4827606
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/libbase58/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+PKG_NAME=libbase58
+PKG_URL=https://github.com/bitcoin/libbase58
+PKG_VERSION=d7591398443987e84d19833d86634c6ffe8b0796
+PKG_LICENSE=MIT
+
+include $(RIOTBASE)/pkg/pkg.mk
+
+.PHONY: all
+
+all:
+	"$(MAKE)" -C $(PKG_BUILDDIR) -f $(CURDIR)/Makefile.$(PKG_NAME)
diff --git a/pkg/libbase58/Makefile.dep b/pkg/libbase58/Makefile.dep
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ec9bf57823
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/libbase58/Makefile.dep
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+USEMODULE += posix_headers
diff --git a/pkg/libbase58/Makefile.include b/pkg/libbase58/Makefile.include
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..946f8aacca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/libbase58/Makefile.include
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+INCLUDES += -I$(PKGDIRBASE)/libbase58
diff --git a/pkg/libbase58/Makefile.libbase58 b/pkg/libbase58/Makefile.libbase58
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1bad734ec4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/libbase58/Makefile.libbase58
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+SRC := base58.c
+
+CFLAGS += -Wno-unused-parameter
+
+include $(RIOTBASE)/Makefile.base
diff --git a/pkg/libbase58/doc.txt b/pkg/libbase58/doc.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8be8d939ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/libbase58/doc.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+/**
+ * @defgroup pkg_libbase58  JSON parser library
+ * @ingroup  pkg
+ * @ingroup  sys_serialization
+ * @brief    C library for Bitcoin's base58 encoding
+ *
+ * @see      https://github.com/bitcoin/libbase58
+ */