diff --git a/package/Config.in.host b/package/Config.in.host
index 5fd25703cb..34e84bf340 100644
--- a/package/Config.in.host
+++ b/package/Config.in.host
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ source "package/lpc3250loader/Config.in.host"
 source "package/mtools/Config.in.host"
 source "package/omap-u-boot-utils/Config.in.host"
 source "package/openocd/Config.in.host"
+source "package/parted/Config.in.host"
 source "package/sam-ba/Config.in.host"
 source "package/sunxi-tools/Config.in.host"
 source "package/uboot-tools/Config.in.host"
diff --git a/package/parted/Config.in.host b/package/parted/Config.in.host
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f5d7acc2a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/parted/Config.in.host
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+config BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_PARTED
+	bool "host parted"
+	help
+	  parted, the GNU partition resizing program
+
+	  http://www.gnu.org/software/parted/
diff --git a/package/parted/parted.mk b/package/parted/parted.mk
index afb8287f16..15e37a8c63 100644
--- a/package/parted/parted.mk
+++ b/package/parted/parted.mk
@@ -26,4 +26,10 @@ else
 PARTED_CONF_OPT += --disable-device-mapper
 endif
 
+HOST_PARTED_DEPENDENCIES = host-util-linux
+HOST_PARTED_CONF_OPT += \
+	--without-readline \
+	--disable-device-mapper \
+
 $(eval $(autotools-package))
+$(eval $(host-autotools-package))