diff --git a/package/janus-gateway/Config.in b/package/janus-gateway/Config.in
index b0e4ae9260..5bd4e9586b 100644
--- a/package/janus-gateway/Config.in
+++ b/package/janus-gateway/Config.in
@@ -81,6 +81,10 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_JANUS_REST
 comment "REST transport needs a toolchain w/ threads"
 	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
 
+config BR2_PACKAGE_JANUS_UNIX_SOCKETS
+	bool "Unix Sockets"
+	default y
+
 config BR2_PACKAGE_JANUS_WEBSOCKETS
 	bool "WebSockets"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
diff --git a/package/janus-gateway/janus-gateway.mk b/package/janus-gateway/janus-gateway.mk
index b19ed54d91..b32fc9ac56 100644
--- a/package/janus-gateway/janus-gateway.mk
+++ b/package/janus-gateway/janus-gateway.mk
@@ -104,6 +104,12 @@ else
 JANUS_GATEWAY_CONF_OPTS += --disable-rest
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_JANUS_UNIX_SOCKETS),y)
+JANUS_GATEWAY_CONF_OPTS += --enable-unix-sockets
+else
+JANUS_GATEWAY_CONF_OPTS += --disable-unix-sockets
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_JANUS_WEBSOCKETS),y)
 JANUS_GATEWAY_DEPENDENCIES += libwebsockets
 JANUS_GATEWAY_CONF_OPTS += --enable-websockets