diff --git a/meta/conf/distro/include/maintainers.inc b/meta/conf/distro/include/maintainers.inc
index 40b6ee9ce6..62e0ac24e3 100644
--- a/meta/conf/distro/include/maintainers.inc
+++ b/meta/conf/distro/include/maintainers.inc
@@ -633,6 +633,7 @@ RECIPE_MAINTAINER:pn-python3-ndg-httpsclient = "Tim Orling <tim.orling@konsulko.
 RECIPE_MAINTAINER:pn-python3-numpy = "Oleksandr Kravchuk <open.source@oleksandr-kravchuk.com>"
 RECIPE_MAINTAINER:pn-python3-packaging = "Tim Orling <tim.orling@konsulko.com>"
 RECIPE_MAINTAINER:pn-python3-pathlib2 = "Tim Orling <tim.orling@konsulko.com>"
+RECIPE_MAINTAINER:pn-python3-pathspec = "Ross Burton <ross.burton@arm.com>"
 RECIPE_MAINTAINER:pn-python3-pbr = "Zang Ruochen <zangrc.fnst@fujitsu.com>"
 RECIPE_MAINTAINER:pn-python3-pip = "Zang Ruochen <zangrc.fnst@fujitsu.com>"
 RECIPE_MAINTAINER:pn-python3-pluggy = "Tim Orling <tim.orling@konsulko.com>"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-pathspec_0.9.0.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-pathspec_0.9.0.bb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..641f1cfd87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-pathspec_0.9.0.bb
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+SUMMARY = "Utility library for gitignore style pattern matching of file paths."
+HOMEPAGE = "https://github.com/cpburnz/python-path-specification"
+SECTION = "devel/python"
+LICENSE = "MPL-2.0"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=815ca599c9df247a0c7f619bab123dad"
+
+SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "e564499435a2673d586f6b2130bb5b95f04a3ba06f81b8f895b651a3c76aabb1"
+
+inherit pypi setuptools3
+
+BBCLASSEXTEND = "native nativesdk"