diff --git a/package/zeromq/Config.in b/package/zeromq/Config.in
index 69be9f002c..aeedff17b8 100644
--- a/package/zeromq/Config.in
+++ b/package/zeromq/Config.in
@@ -52,4 +52,11 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_ZEROMQ_PGM
 	  3208) implemented either over raw IP packets or UDP
 	  datagrams (encapsulated PGM).
 
+config BR2_PACKAGE_ZEROMQ_DRAFTS
+	bool "Draft APIs support"
+	help
+	  Enable unstable draft ZeroMQ APIs
+
+	  https://pyzmq.readthedocs.io/en/latest/draft.html
+
 endif
diff --git a/package/zeromq/zeromq.mk b/package/zeromq/zeromq.mk
index da57f8745c..d799f863c4 100644
--- a/package/zeromq/zeromq.mk
+++ b/package/zeromq/zeromq.mk
@@ -47,6 +47,12 @@ else
 ZEROMQ_CONF_OPTS += --without-pgm
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_ZEROMQ_DRAFTS),y)
+ZEROMQ_CONF_OPTS += --enable-drafts
+else
+ZEROMQ_CONF_OPTS += --disable-drafts
+endif
+
 # ZeroMQ uses libsodium if it's available.
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBSODIUM),y)
 ZEROMQ_DEPENDENCIES += libsodium