diff --git a/package/Config.in.host b/package/Config.in.host
index 1c691a3508..09c98fb77f 100644
--- a/package/Config.in.host
+++ b/package/Config.in.host
@@ -32,5 +32,6 @@ menu "Host utilities"
 	source "package/uboot-tools/Config.in.host"
 	source "package/util-linux/Config.in.host"
 	source "package/vboot-utils/Config.in.host"
+	source "package/zip/Config.in.host"
 
 endmenu
diff --git a/package/zip/Config.in.host b/package/zip/Config.in.host
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b14ce55dbd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/zip/Config.in.host
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+config BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_ZIP
+	bool "host zip"
+	help
+	  Zip is a compression and file packaging/archive utility.
+	  Although highly compatible both with PKWARE's PKZIP and
+	  PKUNZIP utilities for MS-DOS and with Info-ZIP's own UnZip,
+	  our primary objectives have been portability and
+	  other-than-MSDOS functionality.
+
+	  http://infozip.sourceforge.net/Zip.html