diff --git a/package/nfs-utils/nfs-utils.mk b/package/nfs-utils/nfs-utils.mk
index 26112d69f2..9fa7ae200b 100644
--- a/package/nfs-utils/nfs-utils.mk
+++ b/package/nfs-utils/nfs-utils.mk
@@ -24,6 +24,20 @@ NFS_UTILS_CONF_OPTS = \
 	--with-statedir=/run/nfs \
 	--with-rpcgen=internal
 
+HOST_NFS_UTILS_CONF_OPTS = \
+	--disable-nfsv4 \
+	--disable-nfsv41 \
+	--disable-gss \
+	--disable-uuid \
+	--disable-ipv6 \
+	--without-tcp-wrappers \
+	--with-statedir=/run/nfs \
+	--disable-caps \
+	--disable-tirpc \
+	--without-systemd \
+	--with-rpcgen=internal
+HOST_NFS_UTILS_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf host-libtirpc
+
 NFS_UTILS_TARGETS_$(BR2_PACKAGE_NFS_UTILS_RPCDEBUG) += usr/sbin/rpcdebug
 NFS_UTILS_TARGETS_$(BR2_PACKAGE_NFS_UTILS_RPC_LOCKD) += usr/sbin/rpc.lockd
 NFS_UTILS_TARGETS_$(BR2_PACKAGE_NFS_UTILS_RPC_RQUOTAD) += usr/sbin/rpc.rquotad
@@ -89,4 +103,13 @@ endef
 # nfsiostat is interpreted python, so remove it unless it's in the target
 NFS_UTILS_POST_INSTALL_TARGET_HOOKS += $(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON),,NFS_UTILS_REMOVE_NFSIOSTAT)
 
+define HOST_NFS_UTILS_BUILD_CMDS
+	$(MAKE) -C $(@D)/tools/rpcgen
+endef
+
+define HOST_NFS_UTILS_INSTALL_CMDS
+	$(INSTALL) -D -m 0755 $(@D)/tools/rpcgen/rpcgen $(HOST_DIR)/bin/rpcgen
+endef
+
 $(eval $(autotools-package))
+$(eval $(host-autotools-package))