diff --git a/package/qemu/Config.in b/package/qemu/Config.in
index ebd2684ac..ff1120819 100644
--- a/package/qemu/Config.in
+++ b/package/qemu/Config.in
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ comment "... or you can select emulator families to enable, below:"
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_QEMU_SYSTEM
 	bool "Enable all systems emulation"
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_QEMU_FDT
 	help
 	  Say 'y' to build all system emulators/virtualisers that QEMU supports.
 
@@ -81,6 +82,15 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_QEMU_SDL
 	  Say 'y' to enable the SDL frontend, that is, a graphical window
 	  presenting the VM's display.
 
+comment "Misc. features"
+
+config BR2_PACKAGE_QEMU_FDT
+        bool "Enable FDT"
+        select BR2_PACKAGE_DTC
+        help
+          Say 'y' here to have QEMU capable of constructing Device Trees,
+          and passing them to the VMs.
+
 endif # BR2_PACKAGE_QEMU_HAS_EMULS
 
 endif # BR2_PACKAGE_QEMU
diff --git a/package/qemu/qemu.mk b/package/qemu/qemu.mk
index 253b2b883..9cff5ede9 100644
--- a/package/qemu/qemu.mk
+++ b/package/qemu/qemu.mk
@@ -133,6 +133,13 @@ else
 QEMU_OPTS += --disable-sdl
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_QEMU_FDT),y)
+QEMU_OPTS += --enable-fdt
+QEMU_DEPENDENCIES += dtc
+else
+QEMU_OPTS += --disable-fdt
+endif
+
 define QEMU_CONFIGURE_CMDS
 	( cd $(@D);                                     \
 		LIBS='$(QEMU_LIBS)'                     \
@@ -155,7 +162,6 @@ define QEMU_CONFIGURE_CMDS
 			--disable-brlapi                \
 			--disable-curses                \
 			--disable-curl                  \
-			--disable-fdt                   \
 			--disable-bluez                 \
 			--disable-guest-base            \
 			--disable-uuid                  \