diff --git a/package/mosquitto/Config.in b/package/mosquitto/Config.in
index 1e6418a4de..9052b3059b 100644
--- a/package/mosquitto/Config.in
+++ b/package/mosquitto/Config.in
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_MOSQUITTO
 	bool "mosquitto"
-	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # fork()
-	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_SYNC_4
 	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS # builds .so
 	help
 	  Mosquitto is an open source message broker that implements
@@ -15,6 +13,15 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_MOSQUITTO
 	  http://mosquitto.org/
 
 comment "mosquitto needs a toolchain w/ dynamic library"
-	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
-	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_SYNC_4
 	depends on BR2_STATIC_LIBS
+
+config BR2_PACKAGE_MOSQUITTO_BROKER
+	bool "install the mosquitto broker"
+	default y
+	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # fork()
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_MOSQUITTO
+	help
+	  Build and install the mosquitto broker onto target.
+
+comment "mosquitto broker needs a system with MMU"
+	depends on !BR2_USE_MMU
diff --git a/package/mosquitto/mosquitto.mk b/package/mosquitto/mosquitto.mk
index fcce0535cb..9f3e1d3d5a 100644
--- a/package/mosquitto/mosquitto.mk
+++ b/package/mosquitto/mosquitto.mk
@@ -67,24 +67,30 @@ endef
 MOSQUITTO_POST_PATCH_HOOKS += MOSQUITTO_DISABLE_CPP
 endif
 
+MOSQUITTO_MAKE_DIRS = lib client
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_MOSQUITTO_BROKER),y)
+MOSQUITTO_MAKE_DIRS += src
+endif
+
 define MOSQUITTO_BUILD_CMDS
-	$(MAKE) -C $(@D) $(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) \
+	$(MAKE) -C $(@D) $(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) DIRS="$(MOSQUITTO_MAKE_DIRS)" \
 		$(MOSQUITTO_MAKE_OPTS)
 endef
 
 define MOSQUITTO_INSTALL_STAGING_CMDS
-	$(MAKE) -C $(@D) $(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) \
+	$(MAKE) -C $(@D) $(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) DIRS="$(MOSQUITTO_MAKE_DIRS)" \
 		$(MOSQUITTO_MAKE_OPTS) DESTDIR=$(STAGING_DIR) install
 endef
 
 define MOSQUITTO_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
-	$(MAKE) -C $(@D) $(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) \
+	$(MAKE) -C $(@D) $(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) DIRS="$(MOSQUITTO_MAKE_DIRS)" \
 		$(MOSQUITTO_MAKE_OPTS) DESTDIR=$(TARGET_DIR) install
 	rm -f $(TARGET_DIR)/etc/mosquitto/*.example
 	$(INSTALL) -D -m 0644 $(@D)/mosquitto.conf \
 		$(TARGET_DIR)/etc/mosquitto/mosquitto.conf
 endef
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_MOSQUITTO_BROKER),y)
 define MOSQUITTO_INSTALL_INIT_SYSV
 	$(INSTALL) -D -m 0755 package/mosquitto/S50mosquitto \
 		$(TARGET_DIR)/etc/init.d/S50mosquitto
@@ -101,5 +107,6 @@ endef
 define MOSQUITTO_USERS
 	mosquitto -1 nogroup -1 * - - - Mosquitto user
 endef
+endif
 
 $(eval $(generic-package))