diff --git a/package/fftw/Config.in b/package/fftw/Config.in
index 7feadd8b0f..d9a65d594f 100644
--- a/package/fftw/Config.in
+++ b/package/fftw/Config.in
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_FFTW_USE_SSE
 config BR2_PACKAGE_FFTW_USE_SSE2
 	bool
 
+config BR2_PACKAGE_FFTW_USE_NEON
+	bool
+
 choice
 	prompt "fftw precision"
 	default BR2_PACKAGE_FFTW_PRECISION_DOUBLE
@@ -28,6 +31,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_FFTW_PRECISION_SINGLE
 	bool "single"
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_FFTW_USE_SSE if BR2_X86_CPU_HAS_SSE
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_FFTW_USE_SSE2 if BR2_X86_CPU_HAS_SSE2
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_FFTW_USE_NEON if BR2_ARM_CPU_HAS_NEON && !BR2_ARM_SOFT_FLOAT
 	help
 	  Compile fftw in single precision, i.e. use 'float' for floating
 	  point type.
diff --git a/package/fftw/fftw.mk b/package/fftw/fftw.mk
index daa3cc22fd..154f522ea3 100644
--- a/package/fftw/fftw.mk
+++ b/package/fftw/fftw.mk
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ endif
 FFTW_CONF_OPTS += $(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_FFTW_USE_SSE),--enable,--disable)-sse
 FFTW_CONF_OPTS += $(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_FFTW_USE_SSE2),--enable,--disable)-sse2
 
+# ARM optimisations
+FFTW_CONF_OPTS += $(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_FFTW_USE_NEON),--enable,--disable)-neon
+FFTW_CFLAGS += $(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_FFTW_USE_NEON),-mfpu=neon)
+
 FFTW_CONF_OPTS += CFLAGS="$(FFTW_CFLAGS)"
 
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