diff --git a/base/busybox/busybox.conf b/base/busybox/busybox.conf
index 083cf3b0b..8d6a19a12 100644
--- a/base/busybox/busybox.conf
+++ b/base/busybox/busybox.conf
@@ -31,7 +31,11 @@ busybox_config() {
 	# generate default config rules
 	default_config > $builddir/.config
 
-	eval $MAKE defconfig ARCH=$BB_arch
+	if [ "$SDECFG_PKG_BUSYBOX_DEFCONFIG" == 0 ]; then
+		eval $MAKE allnoconfig ARCH=$BB_arch
+	else
+		eval $MAKE defconfig ARCH=$BB_arch
+	fi
 	conffiles_loop 2 ARCH=$BB_arch
 }
 
diff --git a/base/busybox/config.in b/base/busybox/config.in
index 7dc70d451..902de87bb 100644
--- a/base/busybox/config.in
+++ b/base/busybox/config.in
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ then
 			block_end
 		fi
 		bool 'Create Busybox symlinks' SDECFG_PKG_BUSYBOX_SYMLINKS 0
+		bool 'Enable everything by default' SDECFG_PKG_BUSYBOX_DEFCONFIG 1
 		bool 'Enable SUSv2 backward compatibility' SDECFG_PKG_BUSYBOX_SUSv2 0
 	menu_end
 fi