diff --git a/boot/uboot/Config.in b/boot/uboot/Config.in
index d4a93615ee..33b7e67ff7 100644
--- a/boot/uboot/Config.in
+++ b/boot/uboot/Config.in
@@ -151,6 +151,14 @@ config BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_NEEDS_PYLIBFDT
 	  Select this option if your U-Boot board configuration
 	  requires the Python libfdt library to be available.
 
+config BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_NEEDS_PYELFTOOLS
+	bool "U-Boot needs pyelftools"
+	help
+	  Select this option if your U-Boot board configuration
+	  requires the Python pyelftools library to be available.
+	  This is used by some rockchip SOCs for elf parsing.
+	  For example: rk3399 soc boards.
+
 config BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_NEEDS_OPENSSL
 	bool "U-Boot needs OpenSSL"
 	help
diff --git a/boot/uboot/uboot.mk b/boot/uboot/uboot.mk
index 3c070b41b3..ae09c37d84 100644
--- a/boot/uboot/uboot.mk
+++ b/boot/uboot/uboot.mk
@@ -152,6 +152,10 @@ ifeq ($(BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_NEEDS_PYLIBFDT),y)
 UBOOT_DEPENDENCIES += host-python host-swig
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_NEEDS_PYELFTOOLS),y)
+UBOOT_DEPENDENCIES += host-python-pyelftools
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_NEEDS_OPENSSL),y)
 UBOOT_DEPENDENCIES += host-openssl
 endif