diff --git a/package/avahi/Config.in b/package/avahi/Config.in
index 483d976c7..b52cc78ce 100644
--- a/package/avahi/Config.in
+++ b/package/avahi/Config.in
@@ -35,6 +35,14 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_AVAHI_DAEMON
 	  The daemon registers local IP addresses and services using
 	  mDNS/DNS-SD.
 
+config BR2_PACKAGE_AVAHI_LIBDNSSD_COMPATIBILITY
+	bool "libdns_sd compatibility (Bonjour)"
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_AVAHI_DAEMON
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_DBUS
+	help
+	  Enable the libdns_sd (Bonjour) compatibility library support
+	  for legacy applications.
+
 endif
 
 comment "avahi needs a toolchain w/ threads"
diff --git a/package/avahi/avahi.mk b/package/avahi/avahi.mk
index 08364dfa2..55527dcde 100644
--- a/package/avahi/avahi.mk
+++ b/package/avahi/avahi.mk
@@ -101,6 +101,10 @@ else
 AVAHI_CONF_OPT += --with-xml=none
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_AVAHI_LIBDNSSD_COMPATIBILITY),y)
+AVAHI_CONF_OPT += --enable-compat-libdns_sd
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_DBUS),y)
 AVAHI_DEPENDENCIES += dbus
 else
@@ -181,4 +185,14 @@ endef
 
 endif
 
+# applications expects to be able to #include <dns_sd.h>
+define AVAHI_STAGING_INSTALL_LIBDNSSD_LINK
+	ln -sf avahi-compat-libdns_sd/dns_sd.h \
+		$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include/dns_sd.h
+endef
+
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_AVAHI_LIBDNSSD_COMPATIBILITY),y)
+AVAHI_POST_INSTALL_STAGING_HOOKS += AVAHI_STAGING_INSTALL_LIBDNSSD_LINK
+endif
+
 $(eval $(autotools-package))