diff --git a/package/Config.in.host b/package/Config.in.host
index 064c98af3d..8d443ea255 100644
--- a/package/Config.in.host
+++ b/package/Config.in.host
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ menu "Host utilities"
 	source "package/android-tools/Config.in.host"
 	source "package/asn1c/Config.in.host"
 	source "package/babeltrace2/Config.in.host"
+	source "package/bmap-tools/Config.in.host"
 	source "package/btrfs-progs/Config.in.host"
 	source "package/cbootimage/Config.in.host"
 	source "package/checkpolicy/Config.in.host"
diff --git a/package/bmap-tools/Config.in.host b/package/bmap-tools/Config.in.host
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a20829030d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/bmap-tools/Config.in.host
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+config BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_BMAP_TOOLS
+	bool "host bmap-tools"
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_PYTHON_SIX # runtime
+	help
+	  Tool to flash image files to block devices using the block map
+	  bmaptool is a generic tool for creating the block map (bmap)
+	  for a file, and copying files using the block map. The idea is
+	  that large file containing unused blocks, like raw system
+	  image files, can be copied or flashed a lot faster with
+	  bmaptool than with traditional tools like "dd" or "cp".
+
+	  https://github.com/intel/bmap-tools
diff --git a/package/bmap-tools/bmap-tools.mk b/package/bmap-tools/bmap-tools.mk
index c8b41c225f..32399ca151 100644
--- a/package/bmap-tools/bmap-tools.mk
+++ b/package/bmap-tools/bmap-tools.mk
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@ BMAP_TOOLS_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 BMAP_TOOLS_SETUP_TYPE = setuptools
 
 $(eval $(python-package))
+$(eval $(host-python-package))