diff --git a/package/collectd/Config.in b/package/collectd/Config.in
index 5e84aa5c5d..d1b85aadbe 100644
--- a/package/collectd/Config.in
+++ b/package/collectd/Config.in
@@ -157,6 +157,11 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_COLLECTD_CPUFREQ
 	help
 	  Collects the current CPU's frequency.
 
+config BR2_PACKAGE_COLLECTD_CPUSLEEP
+	bool "cpusleep"
+	help
+	  Measures time spent by CPU in deep sleep mode.
+
 config BR2_PACKAGE_COLLECTD_CURL
 	bool "curl"
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBCURL
diff --git a/package/collectd/collectd.mk b/package/collectd/collectd.mk
index 5018fb0628..d8b2576c90 100644
--- a/package/collectd/collectd.mk
+++ b/package/collectd/collectd.mk
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ COLLECTD_CONF_OPTS += \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_COLLECTD_CONTEXTSWITCH),--enable-contextswitch,--disable-contextswitch) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_COLLECTD_CPU),--enable-cpu,--disable-cpu) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_COLLECTD_CPUFREQ),--enable-cpufreq,--disable-cpufreq) \
+	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_COLLECTD_CPUSLEEP),--enable-cpusleep,--disable-cpusleep) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_COLLECTD_CSV),--enable-csv,--disable-csv) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_COLLECTD_CURL),--enable-curl,--disable-curl) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_COLLECTD_CURL_JSON),--enable-curl_json,--disable-curl_json) \