diff --git a/package/qt5/qt5virtualkeyboard/Config.in b/package/qt5/qt5virtualkeyboard/Config.in
index 57b0c703b0..c3f2f37604 100644
--- a/package/qt5/qt5virtualkeyboard/Config.in
+++ b/package/qt5/qt5virtualkeyboard/Config.in
@@ -53,4 +53,9 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_QT5VIRTUALKEYBOARD_HANDWRITING
 	  Lipi Toolkit (LipiTk) is an open source toolkit for online
 	  Handwriting Recognition.
 
+config BR2_PACKAGE_QT5VIRTUALKEYBOARD_ARROW_KEY_NAVIGATION
+	bool "Arrow key navigation"
+	help
+	  Allows controlling the keyboard using the arrow and return keys.
+
 endif
diff --git a/package/qt5/qt5virtualkeyboard/qt5virtualkeyboard.mk b/package/qt5/qt5virtualkeyboard/qt5virtualkeyboard.mk
index 4aa5fc9575..8ce3169774 100644
--- a/package/qt5/qt5virtualkeyboard/qt5virtualkeyboard.mk
+++ b/package/qt5/qt5virtualkeyboard/qt5virtualkeyboard.mk
@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@ QT5VIRTUALKEYBOARD_LICENSE_FILES += src/virtualkeyboard/3rdparty/lipi-toolkit/MI
 endif
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_QT5VIRTUALKEYBOARD_ARROW_KEY_NAVIGATION),y)
+QT5VIRTUALKEYBOARD_QMAKEFLAGS += CONFIG+=arrow-key-navigation
+endif
+
 ifdef QT5VIRTUALKEYBOARD_3RDPARTY_PARTS
 define QT5VIRTUALKEYBOARD_INSTALL_TARGET_3RDPARTY_PARTS
 	cp -dpfr $(STAGING_DIR)/usr/qtvirtualkeyboard $(TARGET_DIR)/usr