diff --git a/package/Config.in.host b/package/Config.in.host
index 9e05ec659c..679fe22a52 100644
--- a/package/Config.in.host
+++ b/package/Config.in.host
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ menu "Host utilities"
 	source "package/pru-software-support/Config.in.host"
 	source "package/pwgen/Config.in.host"
 	source "package/python-lxml/Config.in.host"
+	source "package/python-six/Config.in.host"
 	source "package/qemu/Config.in.host"
 	source "package/raspberrypi-usbboot/Config.in.host"
 	source "package/rauc/Config.in.host"
diff --git a/package/python-six/Config.in.host b/package/python-six/Config.in.host
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1d37e768ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/python-six/Config.in.host
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+config BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_PYTHON_SIX
+	bool "host python-six"
+	help
+	  Six is a Python 2 and 3 compatibility library. It provides
+	  utility functions for smoothing over the differences between
+	  the Python versions with the goal of writing Python code that
+	  is compatible on both Python versions.
+
+	  http://pythonhosted.org/six
diff --git a/package/python-six/python-six.mk b/package/python-six/python-six.mk
index 0edefe346f..850f9340d3 100644
--- a/package/python-six/python-six.mk
+++ b/package/python-six/python-six.mk
@@ -12,3 +12,4 @@ PYTHON_SIX_LICENSE = MIT
 PYTHON_SIX_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
 
 $(eval $(python-package))
+$(eval $(host-python-package))