diff --git a/package/collectd/Config.in b/package/collectd/Config.in
index 6405af6a89..72e57931a5 100644
--- a/package/collectd/Config.in
+++ b/package/collectd/Config.in
@@ -75,6 +75,11 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_COLLECTD_NOTIFY_EMAIL
 comment "notify_email needs a toolchain w/ dynamic library"
 	depends on BR2_STATIC_LIBS
 
+config BR2_PACKAGE_COLLECTD_NOTIFY_NAGIOS
+	bool "notify_nagios"
+	help
+	  Sends notifications to Nagios as a passive check result.
+
 config BR2_PACKAGE_COLLECTD_SYSLOG
 	bool "syslog"
 	default y
diff --git a/package/collectd/collectd.mk b/package/collectd/collectd.mk
index ccb2f1133e..942ba38893 100644
--- a/package/collectd/collectd.mk
+++ b/package/collectd/collectd.mk
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ COLLECTD_CONF_OPTS += \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_COLLECTD_NGINX),--enable-nginx,--disable-nginx) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_COLLECTD_NOTIFICATION),--enable-target_notification,--disable-target_notification) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_COLLECTD_NOTIFY_EMAIL),--enable-notify_email,--disable-notify_email) \
+	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_COLLECTD_NOTIFY_NAGIOS),--enable-notify_nagios,--disable-notify_nagios) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_COLLECTD_NTPD),--enable-ntpd,--disable-ntpd) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_COLLECTD_OLSRD),--enable-olsrd,--disable-olsrd) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_COLLECTD_OPENLDAP),--enable-openldap,--disable-openldap) \