diff --git a/package/fftw/Config.in b/package/fftw/Config.in
index f61784de50..4f37b43a60 100644
--- a/package/fftw/Config.in
+++ b/package/fftw/Config.in
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_FFTW_PRECISION_LONG_DOUBLE
 	# long-double precision require long-double trigonometric routines
 	depends on !(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_BUILDROOT_UCLIBC && \
 		(BR2_arm || BR2_mips || BR2_mipsel))
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_FFTW_LONG_DOUBLE
 	help
 	  Compile fftw in long double precision, i.e. use 'long double'
 	  for floating point type.
@@ -55,6 +56,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_FFTW_PRECISION_QUAD
 endchoice
 
 source "package/fftw/fftw-single/Config.in"
+source "package/fftw/fftw-long-double/Config.in"
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_FFTW_FAST
 	bool "optimise for speed over accuracy"
diff --git a/package/fftw/fftw-long-double/Config.in b/package/fftw/fftw-long-double/Config.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3ee1762850
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/fftw/fftw-long-double/Config.in
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+config BR2_PACKAGE_FFTW_LONG_DOUBLE
+	bool "fftw-long-double"
+	# long-double precision require long-double trigonometric routines
+	depends on !(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_UCLIBC && \
+		(BR2_arm || BR2_mips || BR2_mipsel))
+	help
+	  Compile fftw in long double precision, i.e. use 'long double'
+	  for floating point type.
diff --git a/package/fftw/fftw-long-double/fftw-long-double.hash b/package/fftw/fftw-long-double/fftw-long-double.hash
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..3ee7ecb3ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/fftw/fftw-long-double/fftw-long-double.hash
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../fftw.hash
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/package/fftw/fftw-long-double/fftw-long-double.mk b/package/fftw/fftw-long-double/fftw-long-double.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..173050446c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/fftw/fftw-long-double/fftw-long-double.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+################################################################################
+#
+# fftw-long-double
+#
+################################################################################
+
+FFTW_LONG_DOUBLE_VERSION = $(FFTW_VERSION)
+FFTW_LONG_DOUBLE_SOURCE = fftw-$(FFTW_VERSION).tar.gz
+FFTW_LONG_DOUBLE_SITE = $(FFTW_SITE)
+FFTW_LONG_DOUBLE_DL_SUBDIR = fftw
+FFTW_LONG_DOUBLE_INSTALL_STAGING = $(FFTW_INSTALL_STAGING)
+FFTW_LONG_DOUBLE_LICENSE = $(FFTW_LICENSE)
+FFTW_LONG_DOUBLE_LICENSE_FILES = $(FFTW_LICENSE_FILES)
+
+FFTW_LONG_DOUBLE_CONF_ENV = $(FFTW_COMMON_CONF_ENV)
+
+FFTW_LONG_DOUBLE_CONF_OPTS = \
+	$(FFTW_COMMON_CONF_OPTS) \
+	CFLAGS="$(FFTW_COMMON_CFLAGS)" \
+	--enable-long-double
+
+$(eval $(autotools-package))
diff --git a/package/fftw/fftw.mk b/package/fftw/fftw.mk
index b738928032..26137b9f7c 100644
--- a/package/fftw/fftw.mk
+++ b/package/fftw/fftw.mk
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ FFTW_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 FFTW_LICENSE = GPL-2.0+
 FFTW_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_FFTW_LONG_DOUBLE),y)
+FFTW_DEPENDENCIES += fftw-long-double
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_FFTW_SINGLE),y)
 FFTW_DEPENDENCIES += fftw-single
 endif
@@ -44,7 +48,7 @@ FFTW_CONF_ENV = $(FFTW_COMMON_CONF_ENV)
 FFTW_CONF_OPTS += \
 	$(FFTW_COMMON_CONF_OPTS) \
 	--disable-single \
-	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_FFTW_PRECISION_LONG_DOUBLE),--enable,--disable)-long-double \
+	--disable-long-double \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_FFTW_PRECISION_QUAD),--enable,--disable)-quad-precision \
 	CFLAGS="$(FFTW_COMMON_CFLAGS)"