diff --git a/filesystem/squashfs-tools/squashfs-tools.conf b/filesystem/squashfs-tools/squashfs-tools.conf
index 3ad071ca4..1f1e97bce 100644
--- a/filesystem/squashfs-tools/squashfs-tools.conf
+++ b/filesystem/squashfs-tools/squashfs-tools.conf
@@ -26,6 +26,13 @@ if pkginstalled -f xz; then
 	var_append makeopt ' ' "XZ_SUPPORT=1"
 fi
 
+# LZO support
+if pkginstalled -f lzo; then
+	var_append makeopt ' ' "LZO_SUPPORT=1"
+	var_append makeopt ' ' "LZO_DIR=$( pkgprefix -r lzo )"
+	var_append makeopt ' ' "LZO_LIBDIR=-L$( pkgprefix -r libdir lzo )"
+fi
+
 var_append makeopt ' ' "INSTALL_DIR=$root/$prefix/sbin"
 
 makeinstopt="$makeopt install"