diff --git a/package/Config.in.host b/package/Config.in.host
index 1e047aadfd..1f69687b30 100644
--- a/package/Config.in.host
+++ b/package/Config.in.host
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ menu "Host utilities"
 	source "package/dfu-util/Config.in.host"
 	source "package/dos2unix/Config.in.host"
 	source "package/dosfstools/Config.in.host"
+	source "package/dtc/Config.in.host"
 	source "package/e2fsprogs/Config.in.host"
 	source "package/e2tools/Config.in.host"
 	source "package/faketime/Config.in.host"
diff --git a/package/dtc/Config.in.host b/package/dtc/Config.in.host
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cbabf0a240
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/dtc/Config.in.host
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+config BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_DTC
+	bool "host dtc"
+	help
+	  The Device Tree Compiler, dtc, takes as input a device-tree in
+	  a given format and outputs a device-tree in another format.
+
+	  Install host tools: dtc, convert-dtsv0, fdtdump, fdtget and fdtput.
+
+	  https://git.kernel.org/cgit/utils/dtc/dtc.git
diff --git a/package/dtc/dtc.mk b/package/dtc/dtc.mk
index e094f7bf78..f3b6f3b543 100644
--- a/package/dtc/dtc.mk
+++ b/package/dtc/dtc.mk
@@ -44,4 +44,14 @@ define DTC_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
 	$(MAKE) -C $(@D) DESTDIR=$(TARGET_DIR) PREFIX=/usr $(DTC_INSTALL_GOAL)
 endef
 
+# host build
+define HOST_DTC_BUILD_CMDS
+	$(HOST_CONFIGURE_OPTS) $(MAKE) -C $(@D) PREFIX=$(HOST_DIR)/usr
+endef
+
+define HOST_DTC_INSTALL_CMDS
+	$(MAKE) -C $(@D) PREFIX=$(HOST_DIR)/usr install-bin
+endef
+
 $(eval $(generic-package))
+$(eval $(host-generic-package))