diff --git a/package/mjpg-streamer/mjpg-streamer.mk b/package/mjpg-streamer/mjpg-streamer.mk
index de8bad0c03..4077a3dcbc 100644
--- a/package/mjpg-streamer/mjpg-streamer.mk
+++ b/package/mjpg-streamer/mjpg-streamer.mk
@@ -29,6 +29,13 @@ else
 MJPG_STREAMER_CONF_OPTS += -DPLUGIN_INPUT_OPENCV=OFF
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_PROTOBUF_C)$(BR2_PACKAGE_ZEROMQ),yy)
+MJPG_STREAMER_CONF_OPTS += -DPLUGIN_OUTPUT_ZMQSERVER=ON
+MJPG_STREAMER_DEPENDENCIES += host-pkgconf protobuf-c zeromq
+else
+MJPG_STREAMER_CONF_OPTS += -DPLUGIN_OUTPUT_ZMQSERVER=OFF
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_SDL),y)
 MJPG_STREAMER_CONF_OPTS += -DPLUGIN_OUTPUT_VIEWER=ON
 MJPG_STREAMER_DEPENDENCIES += host-pkgconf sdl