diff --git a/package/Config.in.host b/package/Config.in.host
index 199a8e9856..563a277795 100644
--- a/package/Config.in.host
+++ b/package/Config.in.host
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ menu "Host utilities"
 	source "package/pwgen/Config.in.host"
 	source "package/python-lxml/Config.in.host"
 	source "package/python-six/Config.in.host"
+	source "package/python-xlrd/Config.in.host"
 	source "package/qemu/Config.in.host"
 	source "package/raspberrypi-usbboot/Config.in.host"
 	source "package/rauc/Config.in.host"
diff --git a/package/python-xlrd/Config.in.host b/package/python-xlrd/Config.in.host
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..493592562c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/python-xlrd/Config.in.host
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+config BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_PYTHON_XLRD
+	bool "host python-xlrd"
+	help
+	  Library for developers to extract data from Microsoft Excel (tm)
+	  spreadsheet files.
+
+	  http://www.python-excel.org/
diff --git a/package/python-xlrd/python-xlrd.mk b/package/python-xlrd/python-xlrd.mk
index e3f078c355..5d1363886d 100644
--- a/package/python-xlrd/python-xlrd.mk
+++ b/package/python-xlrd/python-xlrd.mk
@@ -12,3 +12,4 @@ PYTHON_XLRD_LICENSE = BSD-3-Clause
 PYTHON_XLRD_LICENSE_FILES = xlrd/licences.py
 
 $(eval $(python-package))
+$(eval $(host-python-package))