diff --git a/package/Config.in.host b/package/Config.in.host
index 0f612d7872..8d28f426d1 100644
--- a/package/Config.in.host
+++ b/package/Config.in.host
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ menu "Host utilities"
 	source "package/checksec/Config.in.host"
 	source "package/cmake/Config.in.host"
 	source "package/cramfs/Config.in.host"
+	source "package/crudini/Config.in.host"
 	source "package/cryptsetup/Config.in.host"
 	source "package/dbus-python/Config.in.host"
 	source "package/delve/Config.in.host"
diff --git a/package/crudini/Config.in.host b/package/crudini/Config.in.host
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4e77095627
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/crudini/Config.in.host
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+config BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_CRUDINI
+	bool "host crudini"
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_PYTHON3
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_PYTHON_INIPARSE # runtime
+	help
+	  A utility for handling ini files from the command line and
+	  shell scripts
+
+	  https://pypi.python.org/pypi/crudini
diff --git a/package/crudini/crudini.mk b/package/crudini/crudini.mk
index 7141e2b2a0..c376c5f777 100644
--- a/package/crudini/crudini.mk
+++ b/package/crudini/crudini.mk
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@ CRUDINI_LICENSE = GPL-2.0
 CRUDINI_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 
 $(eval $(python-package))
+$(eval $(host-python-package))