diff --git a/package/google-breakpad/Config.in b/package/google-breakpad/Config.in
index 07c49996dd..4320ad64aa 100644
--- a/package/google-breakpad/Config.in
+++ b/package/google-breakpad/Config.in
@@ -41,3 +41,13 @@ comment "google-breakpad requires a glibc or uClibc toolchain w/ wchar, thread,
 		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || \
 		!(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_GLIBC || BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_UCLIBC) || \
 		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_8
+
+if BR2_PACKAGE_GOOGLE_BREAKPAD
+
+config BR2_PACKAGE_GOOGLE_BREAKPAD_TOOLS
+	bool "Build target tools"
+	help
+	  Build processor and tools for target: dump_syms,
+	  minidump_stackwalk and microdump_stackwalk.
+
+endif
diff --git a/package/google-breakpad/google-breakpad.mk b/package/google-breakpad/google-breakpad.mk
index cafe1359f3..132323363b 100644
--- a/package/google-breakpad/google-breakpad.mk
+++ b/package/google-breakpad/google-breakpad.mk
@@ -7,9 +7,6 @@
 GOOGLE_BREAKPAD_VERSION = c85eb4a59b618f3beaad5445ceb1f865ffa8efdf
 GOOGLE_BREAKPAD_SITE = https://chromium.googlesource.com/breakpad/breakpad
 GOOGLE_BREAKPAD_SITE_METHOD = git
-GOOGLE_BREAKPAD_CONF_OPTS = --disable-processor --disable-tools
-# Only a static library is installed
-GOOGLE_BREAKPAD_INSTALL_TARGET = NO
 GOOGLE_BREAKPAD_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 GOOGLE_BREAKPAD_LICENSE = BSD-3-Clause, MIT
 GOOGLE_BREAKPAD_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
@@ -17,6 +14,10 @@ GOOGLE_BREAKPAD_DEPENDENCIES = host-google-breakpad linux-syscall-support
 
 HOST_GOOGLE_BREAKPAD_DEPENDENCIES = host-linux-syscall-support
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_GOOGLE_BREAKPAD_TOOLS),)
+GOOGLE_BREAKPAD_INSTALL_TARGET = NO
+endif
+
 # Avoid using depot-tools to download this file.
 define HOST_GOOGLE_BREAKPAD_LSS
 	$(INSTALL) -D -m 0644 \