diff --git a/meta/conf/distro/include/maintainers.inc b/meta/conf/distro/include/maintainers.inc
index 72cd012581..7a65612b7c 100644
--- a/meta/conf/distro/include/maintainers.inc
+++ b/meta/conf/distro/include/maintainers.inc
@@ -599,6 +599,7 @@ RECIPE_MAINTAINER:pn-python3-pycryptodome = "Joshua Watt <JPEWhacker@gmail.com>"
 RECIPE_MAINTAINER:pn-python3-pycryptodomex = "Joshua Watt <JPEWhacker@gmail.com>"
 RECIPE_MAINTAINER:pn-python3-pyrsistent = "Bruce Ashfield <bruce.ashfield@gmail.com>"
 RECIPE_MAINTAINER:pn-python3-extras = "Oleksandr Kravchuk <open.source@oleksandr-kravchuk.com>"
+RECIPE_MAINTAINER:pn-python3-flit-core = "Tim Orling <tim.orling@konsulko.com>"
 RECIPE_MAINTAINER:pn-python3-git = "Oleksandr Kravchuk <open.source@oleksandr-kravchuk.com>"
 RECIPE_MAINTAINER:pn-python3-gitdb = "Oleksandr Kravchuk <open.source@oleksandr-kravchuk.com>"
 RECIPE_MAINTAINER:pn-python3-hypothesis = "Tim Orling <tim.orling@konsulko.com>"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-flit-core_3.6.0.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-flit-core_3.6.0.bb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d0b88c3fa5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-flit-core_3.6.0.bb
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+LICENSE = "BSD-3-Clause"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=41eb78fa8a872983a882c694a8305f08"
+
+SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "b1464e006df4df4c8eeb37671c0e0ce66e1d04e4a36d91b702f180a25fde3c11"
+
+inherit python3native python3-dir pypi setuptools3-base
+
+DEPENDS:append:class-target = " python3-pip-native"
+DEPENDS:append:class-native = " unzip-native"
+
+# We need the full flit tarball
+PYPI_PACKAGE = "flit"
+
+do_compile () {
+    nativepython3 flit_core/build_dists.py
+}
+
+do_install () {
+    install -d ${D}${PYTHON_SITEPACKAGES_DIR}
+    PYTHONPATH=${D}${PYTHON_SITEPACKAGES_DIR} \
+    nativepython3 -m pip install -vvvv --no-deps --no-index --target ${D}${PYTHON_SITEPACKAGES_DIR} ./flit_core/dist/flit_core-${PV}-py3-none-any.whl
+}
+
+do_install:class-native () {
+    install -d ${D}${PYTHON_SITEPACKAGES_DIR}
+    unzip -d ${D}${PYTHON_SITEPACKAGES_DIR} ./flit_core/dist/flit_core-${PV}-py3-none-any.whl
+}
+
+FILES:${PN} += "\
+    ${PYTHON_SITEPACKAGES_DIR}/flit_core/* \
+    ${PYTHON_SITEPACKAGES_DIR}/flit_core-${PV}.dist-info/* \
+"
+
+PACKAGES =+ "${PN}-tests"
+
+FILES:${PN}-tests += "\
+    ${PYTHON_SITEPACKAGES_DIR}/flit_core/tests/* \
+"
+
+BBCLASSEXTEND = "native nativesdk"
+