diff --git a/package/mpd/Config.in b/package/mpd/Config.in
index 289b197f24..98ac2b649f 100644
--- a/package/mpd/Config.in
+++ b/package/mpd/Config.in
@@ -62,6 +62,12 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_MPD_AUDIOFILE
 	  Enable audiofile input/streaming support.
 	  Select this if you want to play back WAV files.
 
+config BR2_PACKAGE_MPD_DSD
+	bool "dsd"
+	help
+	  Enable Digital Speech Decoder (DSD) support to play audio files encoded
+	  in a digital speech format.
+
 config BR2_PACKAGE_MPD_FAAD2
 	bool "faad2"
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_FAAD2
diff --git a/package/mpd/mpd.mk b/package/mpd/mpd.mk
index ef89f3d275..4eca183d1a 100644
--- a/package/mpd/mpd.mk
+++ b/package/mpd/mpd.mk
@@ -62,6 +62,12 @@ else
 MPD_CONF_OPTS += --disable-curl
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_MPD_DSD),y)
+MPD_CONF_OPTS += --enable-dsd
+else
+MPD_CONF_OPTS += --disable-dsd
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_MPD_FAAD2),y)
 MPD_DEPENDENCIES += faad2
 MPD_CONF_OPTS += --enable-aac