diff --git a/package/eudev/Config.in b/package/eudev/Config.in
index 6d4139fcad..76df409b6c 100644
--- a/package/eudev/Config.in
+++ b/package/eudev/Config.in
@@ -27,6 +27,12 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_EUDEV_RULES_GEN
 	help
 	  Enable persistent rules generator
 
+config BR2_PACKAGE_EUDEV_ENABLE_HWDB
+	bool "enable hwdb installation"
+	default y
+	help
+	  Enables hardware database installation to /etc/udev/hwdb.d
+
 endif
 
 comment "eudev needs eudev /dev management"
diff --git a/package/eudev/eudev.mk b/package/eudev/eudev.mk
index 101d510a56..a97154c657 100644
--- a/package/eudev/eudev.mk
+++ b/package/eudev/eudev.mk
@@ -31,6 +31,12 @@ ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_EUDEV_RULES_GEN),y)
 EUDEV_CONF_OPTS += --enable-rule_generator
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_EUDEV_ENABLE_HWDB),y)
+EUDEV_CONF_OPTS += --enable-hwdb
+else
+EUDEV_CONF_OPTS += --disable-hwdb
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGLIB2),y)
 EUDEV_CONF_OPTS += --enable-gudev
 EUDEV_DEPENDENCIES += libglib2