diff --git a/package/mosquitto/Config.in b/package/mosquitto/Config.in
index 789e30f97f..87ecdc1076 100644
--- a/package/mosquitto/Config.in
+++ b/package/mosquitto/Config.in
@@ -79,15 +79,24 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_MOSQUITTO_BROKER
 	help
 	  Build and install the mosquitto broker onto target.
 
+if BR2_PACKAGE_MOSQUITTO_BROKER
+
+config BR2_PACKAGE_MOSQUITTO_BROKER_HTTP_API
+	bool "http_api"
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBMICROHTTPD
+	help
+	  Add support for simple webserver as a listener to serve
+	  some of the HTTP API.
+
 config BR2_PACKAGE_MOSQUITTO_BROKER_DYNAMIC_SECURITY_PLUGIN
 	bool "dynamic security plugin"
-	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_MOSQUITTO_BROKER
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL
 	help
 	  Build and install the dynamic security plugin for
 	  mosquitto broker onto target.
 
 endif
+endif
 
 comment "mosquitto needs a toolchain w/ dynamic library"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
diff --git a/package/mosquitto/mosquitto.mk b/package/mosquitto/mosquitto.mk
index 9b3bcc1cf5..160945d6d9 100644
--- a/package/mosquitto/mosquitto.mk
+++ b/package/mosquitto/mosquitto.mk
@@ -18,8 +18,7 @@ MOSQUITTO_CONF_OPTS = \
 	-DWITH_DOCS=OFF \
 	-DWITH_TESTS=OFF \
 	-DWITH_STATIC_LIBRARIES=OFF \
-	-DWITH_BUNDLED_DEPS=ON \
-	-DWITH_HTTP_API=OFF
+	-DWITH_BUNDLED_DEPS=ON
 
 # adns uses getaddrinfo_a
 ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_GLIBC),y)
@@ -95,6 +94,13 @@ MOSQUITTO_CONF_OPTS += \
 	-DWITH_PLUGIN_PERSIST_SQLITE=OFF \
 	-DWITH_PLUGIN_SPARKPLUG_AWARE=OFF
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_MOSQUITTO_BROKER_HTTP_API),y)
+MOSQUITTO_DEPENDENCIES += libmicrohttpd
+MOSQUITTO_CONF_OPTS += -DWITH_HTTP_API=ON
+else
+MOSQUITTO_CONF_OPTS += -DWITH_HTTP_API=OFF
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_MOSQUITTO_BROKER_DYNAMIC_SECURITY_PLUGIN),y)
 MOSQUITTO_CONF_OPTS += -DWITH_PLUGIN_DYNAMIC_SECURITY=ON
 else