diff --git a/package/busybox/busybox.config b/package/busybox/busybox.config
index 38de13d4d9..1d9560d655 100644
--- a/package/busybox/busybox.config
+++ b/package/busybox/busybox.config
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ CONFIG_UNIQ=y
 CONFIG_UNLINK=y
 CONFIG_USLEEP=y
 CONFIG_UUDECODE=y
-# CONFIG_BASE64 is not set
+CONFIG_BASE64=y
 CONFIG_UUENCODE=y
 CONFIG_WC=y
 # CONFIG_FEATURE_WC_LARGE is not set