diff --git a/boot/optee-os/Config.in b/boot/optee-os/Config.in
index 34ea993136..7870629732 100644
--- a/boot/optee-os/Config.in
+++ b/boot/optee-os/Config.in
@@ -91,6 +91,12 @@ config BR2_TARGET_OPTEE_OS_NEEDS_PYTHON_CRYPTOGRAPHY
 	  python-cryptography. Select this option if optee-os needs
 	  python-cryptography to be built.
 
+config BR2_TARGET_OPTEE_OS_NEEDS_CMAKE
+	bool "OP-TEE OS needs cmake"
+	help
+	  Select this option if your OP-TEE OS platform configuration
+	  requires the cmake build system to be available.
+
 config BR2_TARGET_OPTEE_OS_CORE
 	bool "Build core"
 	default y
diff --git a/boot/optee-os/optee-os.mk b/boot/optee-os/optee-os.mk
index 33b4e2e1ab..6b04a0f5e1 100644
--- a/boot/optee-os/optee-os.mk
+++ b/boot/optee-os/optee-os.mk
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ endif
 
 OPTEE_OS_DEPENDENCIES = host-openssl host-python3 host-python-pyelftools
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_TARGET_OPTEE_OS_NEEDS_CMAKE),y)
+OPTEE_OS_DEPENDENCIES += $(BR2_CMAKE_HOST_DEPENDENCY)
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_TARGET_OPTEE_OS_NEEDS_PYTHON_CRYPTOGRAPHY),y)
 OPTEE_OS_DEPENDENCIES += host-python-cryptography
 else