diff --git a/package/busybox/busybox.mk b/package/busybox/busybox.mk
index 65ce7efe95..ce6652b017 100644
--- a/package/busybox/busybox.mk
+++ b/package/busybox/busybox.mk
@@ -141,6 +141,13 @@ define BUSYBOX_SET_INIT
 endef
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LINUX_PAM),y)
+define BUSYBOX_LINUX_PAM
+	$(call KCONFIG_ENABLE_OPT,CONFIG_PAM,$(BUSYBOX_BUILD_CONFIG))
+endef
+BUSYBOX_DEPENDENCIES += linux-pam
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX_SELINUX),y)
 BUSYBOX_DEPENDENCIES += host-pkgconf libselinux libsepol
 define BUSYBOX_SET_SELINUX