diff --git a/package/cjson/Config.in b/package/cjson/Config.in
index ee18fced5c..55262a0990 100644
--- a/package/cjson/Config.in
+++ b/package/cjson/Config.in
@@ -5,3 +5,14 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_CJSON
 	  ANSI-C compliant JSON parser, under MIT license.
 
 	  https://github.com/DaveGamble/cJSON
+
+if BR2_PACKAGE_CJSON
+
+config BR2_PACKAGE_CJSON_UTILS
+	bool "cJSON utils"
+	help
+	  Supplementary library with support for JSON Pointer
+	  (RFC-6901), JSON Patch (RFC-6902), JSON Merge Patch
+	  (RFC-7386), and more.
+
+endif
diff --git a/package/cjson/cjson.mk b/package/cjson/cjson.mk
index ac8db5701f..ad9d76a4ba 100644
--- a/package/cjson/cjson.mk
+++ b/package/cjson/cjson.mk
@@ -25,4 +25,10 @@ else
 CJSON_CONF_OPTS += -DBUILD_SHARED_AND_STATIC_LIBS=OFF
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_CJSON_UTILS),y)
+CJSON_CONF_OPTS += -DENABLE_CJSON_UTILS=ON
+else
+CJSON_CONF_OPTS += -DENABLE_CJSON_UTILS=OFF
+endif
+
 $(eval $(cmake-package))