diff --git a/fs/tar/Config.in b/fs/tar/Config.in
index 63663ecd6f..2116edf143 100644
--- a/fs/tar/Config.in
+++ b/fs/tar/Config.in
@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@ config BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_TAR_BZIP2
 	help
 	  Do compress the tarball with bzip2.
 
+config BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_TAR_LZ4
+	bool "lz4"
+	help
+	  Do compress the tarball with lz4.
+
 config BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_TAR_LZMA
 	bool "lzma"
 	help