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+include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
+
+PKG_NAME:=python-orjson
+PKG_VERSION:=3.9.10
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
+
+PYPI_NAME:=orjson
+PKG_HASH:=9ebbdbd6a046c304b1845e96fbcc5559cd296b4dfd3ad2509e33c4d9ce07d6a1
+
+PKG_MAINTAINER:=Timothy Ace <openwrt@timothyace.com>
+PKG_LICENSE:=Apache-2.0 MIT
+PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=LICENSE-APACHE LICENSE-MIT
+
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS:=python-maturin/host
+
+include ../pypi.mk
+include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
+include ../python3-package.mk
+
+define Package/python3-orjson
+  SECTION:=lang
+  CATEGORY:=Languages
+  SUBMENU:=Python
+  TITLE:=Fast, correct Python JSON library
+  URL:=https://github.com/ijl/orjson
+  DEPENDS:= \
+	+python3-light \
+	$(RUST_ARCH_DEPENDS)
+endef
+
+define Package/python3-orjson/description
+Fast, correct Python JSON library supporting dataclasses, datetimes, and numpy
+endef
+
+$(eval $(call Py3Package,python3-orjson))
+$(eval $(call BuildPackage,python3-orjson))
+$(eval $(call BuildPackage,python3-orjson-src))