diff --git a/package/collectd/Config.in b/package/collectd/Config.in
index 82c24fdbc3..d44d4e4913 100644
--- a/package/collectd/Config.in
+++ b/package/collectd/Config.in
@@ -212,6 +212,13 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_COLLECTD_CURL_XML
 	help
 	  Reads files using libcurl and parses it as XML.
 
+config BR2_PACKAGE_COLLECTD_DBI
+	bool "dbi"
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBDBI
+	help
+	  Executes SQL statements on various databases and
+	  interprets the returned data.
+
 config BR2_PACKAGE_COLLECTD_DF
 	bool "df"
 	help
diff --git a/package/collectd/collectd.mk b/package/collectd/collectd.mk
index 9bfbc784ab..d01058471d 100644
--- a/package/collectd/collectd.mk
+++ b/package/collectd/collectd.mk
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ COLLECTD_SELINUX_MODULES = apache collectd
 
 # These require unmet dependencies, are fringe, pointless or deprecated
 COLLECTD_PLUGINS_DISABLE = \
-	apple_sensors aquaero ascent barometer dbi dpdkstat email \
+	apple_sensors aquaero ascent barometer dpdkstat email \
 	gmond hddtemp intel_rdt ipmi java lpar \
 	madwifi mbmon mic multimeter netapp notify_desktop numa \
 	oracle perl pf pinba powerdns python routeros \
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ COLLECTD_CONF_OPTS += \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_COLLECTD_CURL),--enable-curl,--disable-curl) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_COLLECTD_CURL_JSON),--enable-curl_json,--disable-curl_json) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_COLLECTD_CURL_XML),--enable-curl_xml,--disable-curl_xml) \
+	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_COLLECTD_DBI),--enable-dbi,--disable-dbi) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_COLLECTD_DF),--enable-df,--disable-df) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_COLLECTD_DISK),--enable-disk,--disable-disk) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_COLLECTD_DNS),--enable-dns,--disable-dns) \
@@ -168,6 +169,7 @@ COLLECTD_DEPENDENCIES = \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_COLLECTD_CURL),libcurl) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_COLLECTD_CURL_JSON),libcurl yajl) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_COLLECTD_CURL_XML),libcurl libxml2) \
+	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_COLLECTD_DBI),libdbi) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_COLLECTD_DNS),libpcap) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_COLLECTD_DPDK_TELEMETRY),jansson) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_COLLECTD_GPS),gpsd) \