diff --git a/package/efl/libefl/Config.in b/package/efl/libefl/Config.in
index 7d635d9736..41b12435be 100644
--- a/package/efl/libefl/Config.in
+++ b/package/efl/libefl/Config.in
@@ -137,4 +137,10 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBEFL_TIFF
 	help
 	  This enables the loader code that loads tiff files.
 
+config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBEFL_WEBP
+	bool "libevas webp image loader"
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_WEBP
+	help
+	  This enables the loader code that loads images using WebP.
+
 endif # BR2_PACKAGE_LIBEFL
diff --git a/package/efl/libefl/libefl.mk b/package/efl/libefl/libefl.mk
index e21d89cea9..2ebf6fb142 100644
--- a/package/efl/libefl/libefl.mk
+++ b/package/efl/libefl/libefl.mk
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ LIBEFL_GETTEXTIZE = YES
 # --disable-cxx-bindings: disable C++11 bindings.
 # --disable-fb: disable frame buffer support.
 # --disable-image-loader-jp2k: disable JPEG 2000 support.
-# --disable-image-loader-webp: disable webp support.
 # --disable-sdl: disable sdl2 support.
 # --disable-systemd: disable systemd support.
 # --enable-lua-old: disable Elua and remove luajit dependency.
@@ -44,7 +43,6 @@ LIBEFL_CONF_OPTS = \
 	--disable-cxx-bindings \
 	--disable-fb \
 	--disable-image-loader-jp2k \
-	--disable-image-loader-webp \
 	--disable-sdl \
 	--disable-systemd \
 	--enable-lua-old \
@@ -176,6 +174,13 @@ else
 LIBEFL_CONF_OPTS += --disable-image-loader-tiff
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBEFL_WEBP),y)
+LIBEFL_CONF_OPTS += --enable-image-loader-webp=yes
+LIBEFL_DEPENDENCIES += webp
+else
+LIBEFL_CONF_OPTS += --disable-image-loader-webp
+endif
+
 $(eval $(autotools-package))
 
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