diff --git a/target/linux/ifxmips/config-2.6.30 b/target/linux/ifxmips/config-2.6.30
index b9167f63197..0dffd566bf7 100644
--- a/target/linux/ifxmips/config-2.6.30
+++ b/target/linux/ifxmips/config-2.6.30
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ CONFIG_SERIAL_IFXMIPS=y
 # CONFIG_SIBYTE_SENTOSA is not set
 # CONFIG_SIBYTE_SWARM is not set
 # CONFIG_SLOW_WORK is not set
+CONFIG_SQUASHFS_SUPPORT_LZMA=y
 CONFIG_SWAP_IO_SPACE=y
 CONFIG_SWCONFIG=y
 CONFIG_SYS_HAS_CPU_MIPS32_R1=y