diff --git a/data/json/items/comestibles/drink.json b/data/json/items/comestibles/drink.json
index e3e3de982c868..d7c7b7b3e4d5a 100644
--- a/data/json/items/comestibles/drink.json
+++ b/data/json/items/comestibles/drink.json
@@ -847,6 +847,25 @@
     "fun": -1,
     "vitamins": [ [ "vitC", 1 ] ]
   },
+  {
+    "type": "COMESTIBLE",
+    "id": "rehydration_drink",
+    "name": "rehydration drink",
+    "weight": "257 g",
+    "color": "light_cyan",
+    "container": "bottle_plastic",
+    "comestible_type": "DRINK",
+    "symbol": "~",
+    "quench": 60,
+    "calories": 12,
+    "description": "A basic oral rehydration therapy drink.  It will rehydrate you faster than water, but it tastes kind of strange.",
+    "price": 55,
+    "material": "water",
+    "volume": "250 ml",
+    "looks_like": "sports_drink",
+    "phase": "liquid",
+    "fun": -2
+  },
   {
     "type": "COMESTIBLE",
     "id": "sweet_water",
diff --git a/data/json/recipes/recipe_food.json b/data/json/recipes/recipe_food.json
index f758114cf789f..f08402a662f1d 100644
--- a/data/json/recipes/recipe_food.json
+++ b/data/json/recipes/recipe_food.json
@@ -5635,6 +5635,20 @@
       [ [ "water", 6 ], [ "water_clean", 6 ] ]
     ]
   },
+  {
+    "type": "recipe",
+    "result": "rehydration_drink",
+    "category": "CC_FOOD",
+    "subcategory": "CSC_FOOD_DRINKS",
+    "book_learn": [ [ "textbook_firstaid", 1 ], [ "manual_survival", 1 ], [ "manual_first_aid", 1 ] ],
+    "skill_used": "cooking",
+    "time": "3 m",
+    "charges": 8,
+    "autolearn": false,
+    "qualities": [ { "id": "CONTAIN", "level": 1 } ],
+    "components": [ [ [ "sugar", 10 ] ], [ [ "salt", 1 ] ], [ [ "water_clean", 8 ] ] ],
+    "//": "For later: this should also include baking soda / sodium bicarbonate.  Other electrolytes are debatable."
+  },
   {
     "result": "oatmeal",
     "type": "recipe",