diff --git a/package/uclibc/uClibc-ng.config b/package/uclibc/uClibc-ng.config
index 6780ad698d..f0a876f19d 100644
--- a/package/uclibc/uClibc-ng.config
+++ b/package/uclibc/uClibc-ng.config
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ UCLIBC_HAS_STDIO_PUTC_MACRO=y
 UCLIBC_HAS_FOPEN_EXCLUSIVE_MODE=y
 UCLIBC_HAS_GLIBC_CUSTOM_STREAMS=y
 UCLIBC_HAS_PRINTF_M_SPEC=y
+UCLIBC_HAS_WORDEXP=y
 UCLIBC_HAS_NFTW=y
 UCLIBC_HAS_FTW=y
 UCLIBC_HAS_GNU_GLOB=y