diff --git a/package/qt6/qt6tools/Config.in.host b/package/qt6/qt6tools/Config.in.host
index 4fd28172b9..110ecbee9b 100644
--- a/package/qt6/qt6tools/Config.in.host
+++ b/package/qt6/qt6tools/Config.in.host
@@ -13,3 +13,14 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_QT6TOOLS
 	  and design of applications.
 
 	  https://github.com/qt/qttools
+
+if BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_QT6TOOLS
+
+config BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_QT6TOOLS_LINGUIST_TOOLS
+	bool "host linguist tools"
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_QT6BASE_PRINTSUPPORT
+	help
+	  Translate Qt C++ and Qt Quick applications into local
+	  languages.
+
+endif
diff --git a/package/qt6/qt6tools/qt6tools.mk b/package/qt6/qt6tools/qt6tools.mk
index 09c986cfc6..e91db79a12 100644
--- a/package/qt6/qt6tools/qt6tools.mk
+++ b/package/qt6/qt6tools/qt6tools.mk
@@ -43,5 +43,11 @@ endif
 
 HOST_QT6TOOLS_DEPENDENCIES = host-qt6base
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_QT6TOOLS_LINGUIST_TOOLS),y)
+HOST_QT6TOOLS_CONF_OPTS += -DFEATURE_linguist=ON
+else
+HOST_QT6TOOLS_CONF_OPTS += -DFEATURE_linguist=OFF
+endif
+
 $(eval $(cmake-package))
 $(eval $(host-cmake-package))