diff --git a/net/iperf3/Makefile b/net/iperf3/Makefile
index de17f81c..5f9e96cd 100644
--- a/net/iperf3/Makefile
+++ b/net/iperf3/Makefile
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=iperf
-PKG_VERSION:=3.11
+PKG_VERSION:=3.12
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://downloads.es.net/pub/iperf
-PKG_HASH:=de8cb409fad61a0574f4cb07eb19ce1159707403ac2dc01b5d175e91240b7e5f
+PKG_HASH:=72034ecfb6a7d6d67e384e19fb6efff3236ca4f7ed4c518d7db649c447e1ffd6
 
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>
 PKG_LICENSE:=BSD-3-Clause
@@ -37,20 +37,27 @@ endef
 define Package/iperf3
 $(call Package/iperf3/default)
   VARIANT:=nossl
+  DEPENDS:=+libiperf3
 endef
 
 define Package/iperf3-ssl
 $(call Package/iperf3/default)
   TITLE+= with iperf_auth support
   VARIANT:=ssl
-  DEPENDS:= +libopenssl
+  DEPENDS:=+libopenssl
+endef
+
+define Package/libiperf3
+  SECTION:=libs
+  CATEGORY:=Libraries
+  TITLE:=Internet Protocol bandwidth measuring library
+  URL:=https://github.com/esnet/iperf
 endef
 
 TARGET_CFLAGS += -D_GNU_SOURCE
-CONFIGURE_ARGS += --disable-shared
 
 ifeq ($(BUILD_VARIANT),ssl)
-	CONFIGURE_ARGS += --with-openssl="$(STAGING_DIR)/usr"
+	CONFIGURE_ARGS += --with-openssl="$(STAGING_DIR)/usr" --disable-shared
 else
 	CONFIGURE_ARGS += --without-openssl
 endif
@@ -63,6 +70,17 @@ define Package/iperf3/description
  characteristics.
 endef
 
+define Package/libiperf3/description
+ Libiperf is a library providing an API for iperf3 functionality.
+endef
+
+define Build/InstallDev
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/lib
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/include
+	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libiperf.* $(1)/usr/lib/
+	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/include/* $(1)/usr/include/
+endef
+
 # autoreconf fails if the README file isn't present
 define Build/Prepare
 	$(call Build/Prepare/Default)
@@ -79,5 +97,11 @@ define Package/iperf3-ssl/install
 	$(INSTALL_BIN) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/bin/iperf3 $(1)/usr/bin/
 endef
 
+define Package/libiperf3/install
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/lib
+	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libiperf.so.* $(1)/usr/lib
+endef
+
 $(eval $(call BuildPackage,iperf3))
 $(eval $(call BuildPackage,iperf3-ssl))
+$(eval $(call BuildPackage,libiperf3))