diff --git a/Makefile.base b/Makefile.base
index 45548c6538..8f13e7d3b2 100644
--- a/Makefile.base
+++ b/Makefile.base
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ ifeq ($(strip $(ASSMSRC))$(NO_AUTO_SRC),)
   ASSMSRC := $(wildcard *.S)
 endif
 
-# include makefile snippets that modify GENSRC here:
-#include foo/bar.inc.mk
+# include makefile snippets for packages in $(USEPKG) that modify GENSRC:
+-include $(USEPKG:%=$(RIOTPKG)/%/Makefile.gensrc)
 
 GENOBJC     := $(GENSRC:%.c=%.o)
 OBJC_LTO    := $(SRC:%.c=$(BINDIR)/$(MODULE)/%.o)
diff --git a/pkg/nanopb/Makefile b/pkg/nanopb/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1e43d8d56e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/nanopb/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+PKG_NAME=nanopb
+PKG_URL=https://github.com/nanopb/nanopb
+PKG_VERSION=493adf3616bee052649c63c473f8355630c2797f # nanopb-0.3.9.4
+PKG_LICENSE=MIT
+
+.PHONY: all
+
+all: git-download
+	"$(MAKE)" -C $(PKG_BUILDDIR) -f $(CURDIR)/Makefile.nanopb
+
+include $(RIOTBASE)/pkg/pkg.mk
diff --git a/pkg/nanopb/Makefile.gensrc b/pkg/nanopb/Makefile.gensrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3a7f1b761c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/nanopb/Makefile.gensrc
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+PROTOC ?= protoc
+PROTOC_GEN_NANOPB ?= $(PKGDIRBASE)/nanopb/generator/protoc-gen-nanopb
+
+PROTOBUF_FILES ?= $(wildcard *.proto)
+GENSRC   += $(PROTOBUF_FILES:%.proto=$(BINDIR)/$(MODULE)/%.pb.c)
+GENOBJC  := $(GENSRC:%.c=%.o)
+
+ifneq (, $(PROTOBUF_FILES))
+  INCLUDES += -I$(BINDIR)/$(MODULE)
+endif
+
+$(SRC): $(GENSRC)
+
+$(GENSRC): $(PROTOBUF_FILES)
+	$(Q)D=$(BINDIR)/$(MODULE) && \
+	  mkdir -p "$$D" && \
+		cd $(CURDIR) && \
+		make -C $(PKGDIRBASE)/nanopb/generator/proto && \
+		for protofile in $(PROTOBUF_FILES); do \
+			protoc --plugin=protoc-gen-nanopb=$(PROTOC_GEN_NANOPB) \
+				--nanopb_out="$$D" \
+				$^ \
+				; done
diff --git a/pkg/nanopb/Makefile.include b/pkg/nanopb/Makefile.include
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f3a23fb596
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/nanopb/Makefile.include
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+INCLUDES += -I$(PKGDIRBASE)/nanopb
diff --git a/pkg/nanopb/Makefile.nanopb b/pkg/nanopb/Makefile.nanopb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7c6055221b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/nanopb/Makefile.nanopb
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+SRCS := pb_encode.c pb_decode.c pb_common.c
+
+include $(RIOTBASE)/Makefile.base
diff --git a/pkg/nanopb/doc.txt b/pkg/nanopb/doc.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..def7d77601
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/nanopb/doc.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+/**
+ * @defgroup pkg_nanopb small Protocol Buffers library
+ * @ingroup  pkg
+ * @ingroup  sys
+ * @brief    Provides a protocol buffers library to RIOT
+ *
+ * @see      https://github.com/nanopb/nanopb
+ */
diff --git a/pkg/nanopb/patches/0001-generator-nanopb_generator.py-use-python3.patch b/pkg/nanopb/patches/0001-generator-nanopb_generator.py-use-python3.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d8ed6a5343
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/nanopb/patches/0001-generator-nanopb_generator.py-use-python3.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+From 416436502170cfd77d19c6e967cc79267b4513d6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Kaspar Schleiser <kaspar@schleiser.de>
+Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2019 00:26:19 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] generator/nanopb_generator.py: use python3
+
+---
+ generator/nanopb_generator.py | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/generator/nanopb_generator.py b/generator/nanopb_generator.py
+index 03f41a0..4f0ab47 100755
+--- a/generator/nanopb_generator.py
++++ b/generator/nanopb_generator.py
+@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
+-#!/usr/bin/env python
++#!/usr/bin/env python3
+ 
+ from __future__ import unicode_literals
+ 
+-- 
+2.23.0
+