diff --git a/package/gnuradio/Config.in b/package/gnuradio/Config.in
index 3fdaea850e..6d0669779f 100644
--- a/package/gnuradio/Config.in
+++ b/package/gnuradio/Config.in
@@ -56,6 +56,12 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_GNURADIO_FEC
 	help
 	  FEC signal processing blocks
 
+config BR2_PACKAGE_GNURADIO_LOG
+	bool "gr-log support"
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_LOG4CPP
+	help
+	  Enable logger component
+
 config BR2_PACKAGE_GNURADIO_PYTHON
 	bool "python support"
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON
diff --git a/package/gnuradio/gnuradio.mk b/package/gnuradio/gnuradio.mk
index 202c2213a7..ef9723cb01 100644
--- a/package/gnuradio/gnuradio.mk
+++ b/package/gnuradio/gnuradio.mk
@@ -115,6 +115,13 @@ else
 GNURADIO_CONF_OPTS += -DENABLE_GR_FILTER=OFF
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_GNURADIO_LOG),y)
+GNURADIO_DEPENDENCIES += log4cpp
+GNURADIO_CONF_OPTS += -DENABLE_GR_LOG=ON
+else
+GNURADIO_CONF_OPTS += -DENABLE_GR_LOG=OFF
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_GNURADIO_PYTHON),y)
 GNURADIO_DEPENDENCIES += python
 GNURADIO_CONF_OPTS += -DENABLE_PYTHON=ON