diff --git a/package/mpd/Config.in b/package/mpd/Config.in
index 489b49df29..b491126362 100644
--- a/package/mpd/Config.in
+++ b/package/mpd/Config.in
@@ -184,6 +184,16 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_MPD_TREMOR
 	  Enable vorbis input support.
 	  Select this if you want to play back OGG files on softfloat targets.
 
+config BR2_PACKAGE_MPD_TWOLAME
+	bool "twolame"
+	depends on BR2_LARGEFILE # twolame -> libsndfile
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_TWOLAME
+	help
+	  Enable TwoLAME mp2 encoding.
+
+comment "twolame support needs a toolchain w/ largefile"
+        depends on !BR2_LARGEFILE
+
 config BR2_PACKAGE_MPD_VORBIS
 	bool "vorbis"
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBOGG
diff --git a/package/mpd/mpd.mk b/package/mpd/mpd.mk
index 2f0b37ed2f..21eb08e123 100644
--- a/package/mpd/mpd.mk
+++ b/package/mpd/mpd.mk
@@ -132,6 +132,11 @@ MPD_DEPENDENCIES += tremor
 MPD_CONF_OPT += --with-tremor
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_MPD_TWOLAME),y)
+MPD_DEPENDENCIES += twolame
+MPD_CONF_OPT += --enable-twolame-encoder
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_MPD_WAVPACK),y)
 MPD_DEPENDENCIES += wavpack
 else