diff --git a/package/Config.in.host b/package/Config.in.host
index 6e5a5c5fc5..7400da5894 100644
--- a/package/Config.in.host
+++ b/package/Config.in.host
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ menu "Host utilities"
 	source "package/mtd/Config.in.host"
 	source "package/mtools/Config.in.host"
 	source "package/mxsldr/Config.in.host"
+	source "package/nodejs/Config.in.host"
 	source "package/odb/Config.in.host"
 	source "package/omap-u-boot-utils/Config.in.host"
 	source "package/openocd/Config.in.host"
diff --git a/package/nodejs/Config.in b/package/nodejs/Config.in
index 99c76bc3de..016aeb4e1a 100644
--- a/package/nodejs/Config.in
+++ b/package/nodejs/Config.in
@@ -27,11 +27,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_NODEJS
 	# uses dlopen(). On ARMv5, we could technically support static
 	# linking, but that's too much of a corner case to support it.
 	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_PYTHON3
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_PYTHON3_BZIP2
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_PYTHON3_SSL
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_QEMU
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_QEMU_LINUX_USER_MODE
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_NODEJS
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_C_ARES
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBUV
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_ZLIB
diff --git a/package/nodejs/Config.in.host b/package/nodejs/Config.in.host
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..86eaf21dac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/nodejs/Config.in.host
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+config BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_NODEJS
+	bool "host nodejs"
+	depends on BR2_HOST_GCC_AT_LEAST_7
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_PYTHON3
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_PYTHON3_BZIP2
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_PYTHON3_SSL
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_QEMU
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_QEMU_LINUX_USER_MODE
+	help
+	  Event-driven I/O server-side JavaScript environment based on
+	  V8.
+
+	  http://nodejs.org/