diff --git a/package/Config.in b/package/Config.in
index 9a2596e729..7e2e8430fb 100644
--- a/package/Config.in
+++ b/package/Config.in
@@ -2339,6 +2339,7 @@ comment "See the manual:                                        "
 comment "http://buildroot.org/manual.html#faq-no-binary-packages"
 comment "-------------------------------------------------------"
 	source "package/opkg/Config.in"
+	source "package/opkg-utils/Config.in"
 	source "package/rpm/Config.in"
 endmenu
 
diff --git a/package/opkg-utils/Config.in b/package/opkg-utils/Config.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3c5a3ee347
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/opkg-utils/Config.in
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+config BR2_PACKAGE_OPKG_UTILS
+	bool "opkg-utils"
+	depends on !BR2_nios2 || BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX # binutils
+	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # bash, python3
+	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # python3
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # python3 <- libffi
+	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS # python3
+	depends on !BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON # python3
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_BINUTILS if !BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX # runtime
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_BINUTILS_TARGET if !BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX # runtime
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_COREUTILS if !BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX # runtime
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_DIFFUTILS if !BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX # runtime
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_FINDUTILS if !BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX # runtime
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_GREP if !BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX # runtime
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_GZIP if !BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX # runtime
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_SED if !BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX # runtime
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_TAR if !BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX # runtime
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX_SHOW_OTHERS # bash
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_BASH # runtime
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3 # runtime
+	help
+	  Helper scripts for use with the opkg package manager.
+
+	  https://git.yoctoproject.org/cgit/cgit.cgi/opkg-utils/
+
+comment "opkg-utils needs a toolchain w/ wchar, threads, dynamic library"
+	depends on !BR2_nios2 || BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX
+	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
+	depends on !BR2_USE_WCHAR || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || BR2_STATIC_LIBS
+
+comment "opkg-utils needs python3"
+	depends on !BR2_nios2 || BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX
+	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON
diff --git a/package/opkg-utils/opkg-utils.mk b/package/opkg-utils/opkg-utils.mk
index 19dfb26f7a..cdffd6f1c4 100644
--- a/package/opkg-utils/opkg-utils.mk
+++ b/package/opkg-utils/opkg-utils.mk
@@ -16,9 +16,15 @@ HOST_OPKG_UTILS_DEPENDENCIES = \
 	host-lz4 \
 	host-xz
 
+# Nothing to build; only scripts to install.
+define OPKG_UTILS_INSTALL_CMDS
+	$(MAKE) -C $(@D) PREFIX=$(TARGET_DIR) install-utils
+endef
+
 # Nothing to build; only scripts to install.
 define HOST_OPKG_UTILS_INSTALL_CMDS
 	$(MAKE) -C $(@D) PREFIX=$(HOST_DIR) install-utils
 endef
 
+$(eval $(generic-package))
 $(eval $(host-generic-package))