diff --git a/package/janus-gateway/Config.in b/package/janus-gateway/Config.in
index 16e98f8e49..50e4dffb2d 100644
--- a/package/janus-gateway/Config.in
+++ b/package/janus-gateway/Config.in
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_JANUS_SIP_GATEWAY
 config  BR2_PACKAGE_JANUS_STREAMING
 	bool "streaming"
 
+config BR2_PACKAGE_JANUS_TEXT_ROOM
+	bool "text room"
+
 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 96a81fea35..52acd5cccc 100644
--- a/package/janus-gateway/janus-gateway.mk
+++ b/package/janus-gateway/janus-gateway.mk
@@ -58,6 +58,12 @@ else
 JANUS_GATEWAY_CONF_OPTS += --disable-plugin-streaming
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_JANUS_TEXT_ROOM),y)
+JANUS_GATEWAY_CONF_OPTS += --enable-plugin-textroom
+else
+JANUS_GATEWAY_CONF_OPTS += --disable-plugin-textroom
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBWEBSOCKETS),y)
 JANUS_GATEWAY_DEPENDENCIES += libwebsockets
 JANUS_GATEWAY_CONF_OPTS += --enable-websockets