diff --git a/package/Config.in.host b/package/Config.in.host
index b76bea60d0..0f612d7872 100644
--- a/package/Config.in.host
+++ b/package/Config.in.host
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ menu "Host utilities"
 	source "package/pwgen/Config.in.host"
 	source "package/python-cython/Config.in.host"
 	source "package/python-greenlet/Config.in.host"
+	source "package/python-iniparse/Config.in.host
 	source "package/python-kflash/Config.in.host"
 	source "package/python-lxml/Config.in.host"
 	source "package/python-pyyaml/Config.in.host"
diff --git a/package/python-iniparse/Config.in.host b/package/python-iniparse/Config.in.host
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e93022e815
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/python-iniparse/Config.in.host
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+config BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_PYTHON_INIPARSE
+	bool "host python-iniparse"
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_PYTHON_SIX # runtime
+	help
+	  iniparse is an INI parser for Python which is API compatible
+	  with the standard library's ConfigParser, preserves
+	  structure of INI files (order of sections & options,
+	  indentation, comments, and blank lines are preserved when
+	  data is updated), and is more convenient to use.
+
+	  https://pypi.python.org/pypi/iniparse
diff --git a/package/python-iniparse/python-iniparse.mk b/package/python-iniparse/python-iniparse.mk
index d31a490bd8..e76987d1e9 100644
--- a/package/python-iniparse/python-iniparse.mk
+++ b/package/python-iniparse/python-iniparse.mk
@@ -12,3 +12,4 @@ PYTHON_INIPARSE_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE-PSF LICENSE
 PYTHON_INIPARSE_SETUP_TYPE = setuptools
 
 $(eval $(python-package))
+$(eval $(host-python-package))