diff --git a/buildroot-external/Config.in b/buildroot-external/Config.in
index 4761c9ec..f1bfc3ed 100644
--- a/buildroot-external/Config.in
+++ b/buildroot-external/Config.in
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ endmenu
 	source "$BR2_EXTERNAL_OPENVOICEOS_PATH/package/ncpamixer/Config.in"
 	source "$BR2_EXTERNAL_OPENVOICEOS_PATH/package/neon2sse/Config.in"
 	source "$BR2_EXTERNAL_OPENVOICEOS_PATH/package/openfst/Config.in"
+	source "$BR2_EXTERNAL_OPENVOICEOS_PATH/package/ovos-bus-server/Config.in"
 	source "$BR2_EXTERNAL_OPENVOICEOS_PATH/package/ovos-dashboard/Config.in"
 	source "$BR2_EXTERNAL_OPENVOICEOS_PATH/package/ovos-shell/Config.in"
 	source "$BR2_EXTERNAL_OPENVOICEOS_PATH/package/ovos-splash/Config.in"
diff --git a/buildroot-external/configs/rpi3_64-gui_defconfig b/buildroot-external/configs/rpi3_64-gui_defconfig
index eaf9e1ce..a76d487c 100644
--- a/buildroot-external/configs/rpi3_64-gui_defconfig
+++ b/buildroot-external/configs/rpi3_64-gui_defconfig
@@ -585,6 +585,7 @@ BR2_PACKAGE_LIBRE=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_LIBREM=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_LOTTIE_QML=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_NCPAMIXER=y
+BR2_PACKAGE_OVOS_BUS_SERVER=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_OVOS_DASHBOARD=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_OVOS_SHELL=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_OVOS_SPLASH=y
diff --git a/buildroot-external/configs/rpi4_64-gui_defconfig b/buildroot-external/configs/rpi4_64-gui_defconfig
index 3eea10e0..09f3a854 100644
--- a/buildroot-external/configs/rpi4_64-gui_defconfig
+++ b/buildroot-external/configs/rpi4_64-gui_defconfig
@@ -585,6 +585,7 @@ BR2_PACKAGE_LIBRE=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_LIBREM=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_LOTTIE_QML=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_NCPAMIXER=y
+BR2_PACKAGE_OVOS_BUS_SERVER=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_OVOS_DASHBOARD=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_OVOS_SHELL=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_OVOS_SPLASH=y
diff --git a/buildroot-external/package/ovos-bus-server/0001-Make-package-installable.patch b/buildroot-external/package/ovos-bus-server/0001-Make-package-installable.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a2a488e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildroot-external/package/ovos-bus-server/0001-Make-package-installable.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+From 1a31e20944d730e098878bc6e41d3099dd670bae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: j1nx <p.steenbergen@j1nx.nl>
+Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2023 10:39:10 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH 1/1] Make package installable
+
+---
+ server/CMakeLists.txt | 6 ++++--
+ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/server/CMakeLists.txt b/server/CMakeLists.txt
+index d7ad36b..ae3a4b4 100644
+--- a/server/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/server/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -34,5 +34,7 @@ include_directories(SYSTEM "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/external")
+ add_library(jsoncpp STATIC ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/external/jsoncpp.cpp)
+ 
+ # Build the server executable
+-add_executable(ovos-bus-server server.cpp WebsocketServer.cpp)
+-target_link_libraries (ovos-bus-server jsoncpp)
++set(TARGET ovos-bus-server)
++add_executable(${TARGET} server.cpp WebsocketServer.cpp)
++target_link_libraries (${TARGET} jsoncpp)
++install(TARGETS ${TARGET} DESTINATION bin)
+-- 
+2.34.1
+
diff --git a/buildroot-external/package/ovos-bus-server/Config.in b/buildroot-external/package/ovos-bus-server/Config.in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..aad59450
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildroot-external/package/ovos-bus-server/Config.in
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+config BR2_PACKAGE_OVOS_BUS_SERVER
+	bool "ovos-bus-server"
+	help
+	  alternative ovos bus service (websocket server) in C++
+
+	  https://github.com/OpenVoiceOS/ovos-bus-server
+
diff --git a/buildroot-external/package/ovos-bus-server/ovos-bus-server.hash b/buildroot-external/package/ovos-bus-server/ovos-bus-server.hash
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..24493b02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildroot-external/package/ovos-bus-server/ovos-bus-server.hash
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# Locally computed
+sha256  2352676a4c1726d2febe7a39c920d5b8b26a5256913039c5e69beff5e5469d3e  ovos-bus-server-6390bb787fad4660106577891ada6fa935b662d7.tar.gz
diff --git a/buildroot-external/package/ovos-bus-server/ovos-bus-server.mk b/buildroot-external/package/ovos-bus-server/ovos-bus-server.mk
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..82470d96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildroot-external/package/ovos-bus-server/ovos-bus-server.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+################################################################################
+#
+# ovos-bus-server
+#
+################################################################################
+
+OVOS_BUS_SERVER_VERSION = 6390bb787fad4660106577891ada6fa935b662d7
+OVOS_BUS_SERVER_SITE = $(call github,OpenVoiceOS,ovos-bus-server,$(OVOS_BUS_SERVER_VERSION))
+OVOS_BUS_SERVER_LICENSE = Apache License 2.0
+
+OVOS_BUS_SERVER_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
+OVOS_BUS_SERVER_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf
+OVOS_BUS_SERVER_SUPPORTS_IN_SOURCE_BUILD = NO
+OVOS_BUS_SERVER_SUBDIR = server
+
+$(eval $(cmake-package))