diff --git a/package/pure-ftpd/Config.in b/package/pure-ftpd/Config.in
index c1b2529db9..85fdef30eb 100644
--- a/package/pure-ftpd/Config.in
+++ b/package/pure-ftpd/Config.in
@@ -10,3 +10,14 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_PURE_FTPD
 	  well as hosting providers.
 
 	  http://www.pureftpd.org
+
+if BR2_PACKAGE_PURE_FTPD
+
+config BR2_PACKAGE_PURE_FTPD_FTPWHO
+	bool "ftpwho"
+	help
+	  Enable the pure-ftpd command.  Pure-ftpwho shows current Pure-ftpd
+	  client sessions.  Only the system administrator may run this.  Output
+	  can be text (default), HTML, XML data and parser-optimized.
+
+endif
diff --git a/package/pure-ftpd/pure-ftpd.mk b/package/pure-ftpd/pure-ftpd.mk
index ba4096c281..80e432af56 100644
--- a/package/pure-ftpd/pure-ftpd.mk
+++ b/package/pure-ftpd/pure-ftpd.mk
@@ -45,4 +45,8 @@ ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_SUPPORTS_PIE),)
 PURE_FTPD_CONF_ENV += ax_cv_check_cflags___fPIE=no ax_cv_check_ldflags___fPIE=no
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_PURE_FTPD_FTPWHO),y)
+PURE_FTPD_CONF_OPTS += --with-ftpwho
+endif
+
 $(eval $(autotools-package))