diff --git a/package/libarchive/Config.in b/package/libarchive/Config.in
index ffa4cff7b3..2c8d813ccb 100644
--- a/package/libarchive/Config.in
+++ b/package/libarchive/Config.in
@@ -30,4 +30,10 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBARCHIVE_BSDCAT
 	  The 'bsdcat' program is a simple replacement tool
 	  for zcat, bzcat, xzcat, and such.
 
+config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBARCHIVE_BSDUNZIP
+	bool "bsdunzip"
+	help
+	  The 'bsdunzip' program is a simple replacement tool
+	  for Info-ZIP.
+
 endif
diff --git a/package/libarchive/libarchive.mk b/package/libarchive/libarchive.mk
index 1a50b0472d..7d58b5c69f 100644
--- a/package/libarchive/libarchive.mk
+++ b/package/libarchive/libarchive.mk
@@ -46,6 +46,16 @@ else
 LIBARCHIVE_CONF_OPTS += --disable-bsdcat
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBARCHIVE_BSDUNZIP),y)
+ifeq ($(BR2_STATIC_LIBS),y)
+LIBARCHIVE_CONF_OPTS += --enable-bsdunzip=static
+else
+LIBARCHIVE_CONF_OPTS += --enable-bsdunzip=shared
+endif
+else
+LIBARCHIVE_CONF_OPTS += --disable-bsdunzip
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_ACL),y)
 LIBARCHIVE_DEPENDENCIES += acl
 else