diff --git a/scripts/libwebp/build.sh b/scripts/libwebp/build.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d2eace7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/libwebp/build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+./configure \
+    --prefix=${INSTALL_DIR} \
+    --host=${TARGET_TRIPLE_MACHINE_ARCH}-linux-android \
+    --with-sysroot=${SYSROOT_PATH} \
+    --target=${TARGET} \
+    CC=${FAM_CC} || exit 1
+
+${MAKE_EXECUTABLE} clean
+${MAKE_EXECUTABLE} -j${HOST_NPROC}
+${MAKE_EXECUTABLE} install
diff --git a/scripts/libwebp/download.sh b/scripts/libwebp/download.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f64977b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/libwebp/download.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+source ${SCRIPTS_DIR}/common-functions.sh
+
+WEBP_VERSION=1.2.1
+
+downloadTarArchive \
+  "libwebp" \
+  "https://storage.googleapis.com/downloads.webmproject.org/releases/webp/libwebp-${WEBP_VERSION}.tar.gz"
diff --git a/scripts/parse-arguments.sh b/scripts/parse-arguments.sh
index eb9fd3a..6f3361b 100755
--- a/scripts/parse-arguments.sh
+++ b/scripts/parse-arguments.sh
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ SUPPORTED_LIBRARIES_FREE=(
   "libtwolame"
   "libspeex"
   "libvpx"
+  "libwebp"
   "libfreetype"
   "libfribidi"
 )
@@ -85,6 +86,9 @@ for argument in "$@"; do
   --enable-libopus | -opus)
     EXTERNAL_LIBRARIES+=("libopus")
     ;;
+  --enable-webp | -webp)
+    EXTERNAL_LIBRARIES+=("libwebp")
+    ;;
   --enable-libwavpack | -wavpack)
     EXTERNAL_LIBRARIES+=("libwavpack")
     ;;