diff --git a/package/multimedia/gst-plugins-good/Config.in b/package/multimedia/gst-plugins-good/Config.in
index 5c5696cb23..b96f15d97c 100644
--- a/package/multimedia/gst-plugins-good/Config.in
+++ b/package/multimedia/gst-plugins-good/Config.in
@@ -156,4 +156,8 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_GST_PLUGINS_GOOD_PLUGIN_FLAC
 config BR2_PACKAGE_GST_PLUGINS_GOOD_PLUGIN_OSS
 	bool "ossaudio (OSS audio)"
 
+config BR2_PACKAGE_GST_PLUGINS_GOOD_PLUGIN_SOUPHTTPSRC
+	bool "souphttpsrc (http client)"
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBSOUP
+
 endif
diff --git a/package/multimedia/gst-plugins-good/gst-plugins-good.mk b/package/multimedia/gst-plugins-good/gst-plugins-good.mk
index 68acdeebd4..75d25c88d7 100644
--- a/package/multimedia/gst-plugins-good/gst-plugins-good.mk
+++ b/package/multimedia/gst-plugins-good/gst-plugins-good.mk
@@ -286,4 +286,11 @@ else
 GST_PLUGINS_GOOD_CONF_OPT += --disable-oss
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_GST_PLUGINS_GOOD_PLUGIN_SOUPHTTPSRC),y)
+GST_PLUGINS_GOOD_CONF_OPT += --enable-soup
+GST_PLUGINS_GOOD_DEPENDENCIES += libsoup
+else
+GST_PLUGINS_GOOD_CONF_OPT += --disable-soup
+endif
+
 $(eval $(call AUTOTARGETS,package/multimedia,gst-plugins-good))