diff --git a/packages/sysutils/busybox/config/busybox-target.conf b/packages/sysutils/busybox/config/busybox-target.conf
index 5697e720d4..a06b46bc4e 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/busybox/config/busybox-target.conf
+++ b/packages/sysutils/busybox/config/busybox-target.conf
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ CONFIG_FEATURE_TAR_TO_COMMAND=y
 CONFIG_FEATURE_TAR_UNAME_GNAME=y
 CONFIG_FEATURE_TAR_NOPRESERVE_TIME=y
 # CONFIG_FEATURE_TAR_SELINUX is not set
-# CONFIG_UNZIP is not set
+CONFIG_UNZIP=y
 # CONFIG_FEATURE_UNZIP_CDF is not set
 # CONFIG_FEATURE_UNZIP_BZIP2 is not set
 # CONFIG_FEATURE_UNZIP_LZMA is not set
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/busybox/package.mk b/packages/sysutils/busybox/package.mk
index ccfe1a059a..7d465074db 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/busybox/package.mk
+++ b/packages/sysutils/busybox/package.mk
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.busybox.net"
 PKG_URL="https://busybox.net/downloads/${PKG_NAME}-${PKG_VERSION}.tar.bz2"
 PKG_DEPENDS_HOST="toolchain:host"
-PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain busybox:host hdparm dosfstools e2fsprogs zip unzip usbutils parted procps-ng gptfdisk libtirpc"
+PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain busybox:host hdparm dosfstools e2fsprogs zip usbutils parted procps-ng gptfdisk libtirpc"
 PKG_DEPENDS_INIT="toolchain libtirpc"
 PKG_LONGDESC="BusyBox combines tiny versions of many common UNIX utilities into a single small executable."
 # busybox fails to build with GOLD support enabled with binutils-2.25