diff --git a/configs/ipq5018_defconfig b/configs/ipq5018_defconfig
index b6cd044d4e..04249e0f1c 100644
--- a/configs/ipq5018_defconfig
+++ b/configs/ipq5018_defconfig
@@ -318,6 +318,7 @@ CONFIG_REGEX=y
 # Compression Support
 #
 # CONFIG_LZ4 is not set
+CONFIG_LZMA=y
 # CONFIG_ERRNO_STR is not set
 # CONFIG_UNIT_TEST is not set
 
diff --git a/configs/ipq5018_tiny_defconfig b/configs/ipq5018_tiny_defconfig
index c4ea6b4968..f788444024 100644
--- a/configs/ipq5018_tiny_defconfig
+++ b/configs/ipq5018_tiny_defconfig
@@ -318,6 +318,7 @@ CONFIG_REGEX=y
 # Compression Support
 #
 # CONFIG_LZ4 is not set
+CONFIG_LZMA=y
 # CONFIG_ERRNO_STR is not set
 # CONFIG_UNIT_TEST is not set
 
diff --git a/lib/Kconfig b/lib/Kconfig
index 9d580e4115..ff53702844 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig
+++ b/lib/Kconfig
@@ -127,6 +127,14 @@ config LZ4
 	  frame format currently (2015) implemented in the Linux kernel
 	  (generated by 'lz4 -l'). The two formats are incompatible.
 
+config LZMA
+	bool "Enable LZMA decompression support"
+	help
+	  If this option is set, support for LZMA compressed images
+	  is included. The LZMA algorithm can run in-place as long as the
+	  compressed image is loaded to the end of the output buffer, and
+	  trades high compression ratios and fairly fast decompression speed.
+
 endmenu
 
 config ERRNO_STR