diff --git a/package/gstreamer/gst-plugins-bad/Config.in b/package/gstreamer/gst-plugins-bad/Config.in
index 6aa93de548..3bfd12b52f 100644
--- a/package/gstreamer/gst-plugins-bad/Config.in
+++ b/package/gstreamer/gst-plugins-bad/Config.in
@@ -319,4 +319,8 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_GST_PLUGINS_BAD_PLUGIN_VP8
 	bool "vp8"
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBVPX
 
+config BR2_PACKAGE_GST_PLUGINS_BAD_ZBAR
+	bool "zbar"
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_ZBAR
+
 endif
diff --git a/package/gstreamer/gst-plugins-bad/gst-plugins-bad.mk b/package/gstreamer/gst-plugins-bad/gst-plugins-bad.mk
index fa2f124f90..98e5c1cfb8 100644
--- a/package/gstreamer/gst-plugins-bad/gst-plugins-bad.mk
+++ b/package/gstreamer/gst-plugins-bad/gst-plugins-bad.mk
@@ -588,4 +588,11 @@ else
 GST_PLUGINS_BAD_CONF_OPTS += --disable-vp8
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_GST_PLUGINS_BAD_ZBAR),y)
+GST_PLUGINS_BAD_CONF_OPTS += --enable-zbar
+GST_PLUGINS_BAD_DEPENDENCIES += zbar
+else
+GST_PLUGINS_BAD_CONF_OPTS += --disable-zbar
+endif
+
 $(eval $(autotools-package))