diff --git a/packages/sysutils/busybox/config/busybox-target.conf b/packages/sysutils/busybox/config/busybox-target.conf
index 9424493702..6c0c350911 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/busybox/config/busybox-target.conf
+++ b/packages/sysutils/busybox/config/busybox-target.conf
@@ -687,7 +687,7 @@ CONFIG_CRONTAB=y
 # CONFIG_DEVFSD_FG_NP is not set
 # CONFIG_DEVFSD_VERBOSE is not set
 # CONFIG_FEATURE_DEVFS is not set
-# CONFIG_DEVMEM is not set
+CONFIG_DEVMEM=y
 CONFIG_EJECT=y
 CONFIG_FEATURE_EJECT_SCSI=y
 # CONFIG_FBSPLASH is not set
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/busybox/package.mk b/packages/sysutils/busybox/package.mk
index f0885d5e78..d2e6f5a7df 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/busybox/package.mk
+++ b/packages/sysutils/busybox/package.mk
@@ -101,6 +101,10 @@ configure_target() {
     # set install dir
     sed -i -e "s|^CONFIG_PREFIX=.*$|CONFIG_PREFIX=\"$INSTALL\"|" .config
 
+    if [ ! "$DEVTOOLS" = yes ]; then
+      sed -i -e "s|^CONFIG_DEVMEM=.*$|# CONFIG_DEVMEM is not set|" .config
+    fi
+
     if [ ! "$CRON_SUPPORT" = "yes" ] ; then
       sed -i -e "s|^CONFIG_CROND=.*$|# CONFIG_CROND is not set|" .config
       sed -i -e "s|^CONFIG_FEATURE_CROND_D=.*$|# CONFIG_FEATURE_CROND_D is not set|" .config