diff --git a/package/gnuradio/Config.in b/package/gnuradio/Config.in
index 1824589263..51237e62b9 100644
--- a/package/gnuradio/Config.in
+++ b/package/gnuradio/Config.in
@@ -134,6 +134,12 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_GNURADIO_FILTER
 	help
 	  Filter signal processing blocks
 
+config BR2_PACKAGE_GNURADIO_NETWORK
+	bool "gr-network support"
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_GNURADIO_BLOCKS
+	help
+	  TCP and UDP source/sink blocks
+
 config BR2_PACKAGE_GNURADIO_QTGUI
 	bool "gr-qtgui"
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_GNURADIO_PYTHON
diff --git a/package/gnuradio/gnuradio.mk b/package/gnuradio/gnuradio.mk
index 59fb23d89d..d9218b533d 100644
--- a/package/gnuradio/gnuradio.mk
+++ b/package/gnuradio/gnuradio.mk
@@ -106,6 +106,12 @@ else
 GNURADIO_CONF_OPTS += -DENABLE_GR_FILTER=OFF
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_GNURADIO_NETWORK),y)
+GNURADIO_CONF_OPTS += -DENABLE_GR_NETWORK=ON
+else
+GNURADIO_CONF_OPTS += -DENABLE_GR_NETWORK=OFF
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_GNURADIO_PYTHON),y)
 GNURADIO_DEPENDENCIES += python3 python-pybind \
 	host-python-numpy host-python-packaging