diff --git a/package/collectd/Config.in b/package/collectd/Config.in
index f02cedda49..ae69482608 100644
--- a/package/collectd/Config.in
+++ b/package/collectd/Config.in
@@ -285,6 +285,11 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_COLLECTD_HUGEPAGES
 	help
 	  Reports the number of used and free hugepages on Linux.
 
+config BR2_PACKAGE_COLLECTD_INFINIBAND
+	bool "infiniband"
+	help
+	  Attributes and counters for each port on each IB device.
+
 config BR2_PACKAGE_COLLECTD_INTERFACE
 	bool "interface"
 	help
diff --git a/package/collectd/collectd.mk b/package/collectd/collectd.mk
index 3fcca12a45..4a4e313224 100644
--- a/package/collectd/collectd.mk
+++ b/package/collectd/collectd.mk
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ COLLECTD_CONF_OPTS += \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_COLLECTD_GRPC),--enable-grpc,--disable-grpc) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_COLLECTD_HASHED),--enable-match_hashed,--disable-match_hashed) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_COLLECTD_HUGEPAGES),--enable-hugepages,--disable-hugepages) \
+	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_COLLECTD_INFINIBAND),--enable-infiniband,--disable-infiniband) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_COLLECTD_INTERFACE),--enable-interface,--disable-interface) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_COLLECTD_IPC),--enable-ipc,--disable-ipc) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_COLLECTD_IPTABLES),--enable-iptables,--disable-iptables) \