diff --git a/package/janus-gateway/Config.in b/package/janus-gateway/Config.in
index e07b4ad02a..7e170fd4c0 100644
--- a/package/janus-gateway/Config.in
+++ b/package/janus-gateway/Config.in
@@ -54,6 +54,16 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_JANUS_VOICE_MAIL
 	bool "voice mail"
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBOGG
 
+comment "transports"
+
+config BR2_PACKAGE_JANUS_REST
+	bool "REST (HTTP/HTTPS)"
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBMICROHTTPD
+
+comment "REST transport needs a toolchain w/ threads"
+	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
+
 endif
 
 comment "janus-gateway needs a toolchain w/ dynamic library, threads, wchar"
diff --git a/package/janus-gateway/janus-gateway.mk b/package/janus-gateway/janus-gateway.mk
index b79e340e22..01021f84f5 100644
--- a/package/janus-gateway/janus-gateway.mk
+++ b/package/janus-gateway/janus-gateway.mk
@@ -91,6 +91,13 @@ else
 JANUS_GATEWAY_CONF_OPTS += --disable-websockets
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_JANUS_REST),y)
+JANUS_GATEWAY_DEPENDENCIES += libmicrohttpd
+JANUS_GATEWAY_CONF_OPTS += --enable-rest
+else
+JANUS_GATEWAY_CONF_OPTS += --disable-rest
+endif
+
 # Parallel build broken
 JANUS_GATEWAY_MAKE = $(MAKE1)