diff --git a/package/systemd/Config.in b/package/systemd/Config.in
index 80796d2190..dcabf3b456 100644
--- a/package/systemd/Config.in
+++ b/package/systemd/Config.in
@@ -314,4 +314,12 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_SYSTEMD_SMACK_SUPPORT
 	  When this feature is enabled, Systemd mounts smackfs and manages
 	  security labels for sockets.
 
+config BR2_PACKAGE_SYSTEMD_HIBERNATE
+	bool "enable hibernation support"
+	help
+	  When this features is enabled, additional tools and services
+	  are built to support suspending and resuming the system.
+
+	  http://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd-sleep.html
+
 endif
diff --git a/package/systemd/systemd.mk b/package/systemd/systemd.mk
index 5b0aa01b95..96c34a4c99 100644
--- a/package/systemd/systemd.mk
+++ b/package/systemd/systemd.mk
@@ -277,6 +277,12 @@ else
 SYSTEMD_CONF_OPTS += --disable-smack
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_SYSTEMD_HIBERNATE),y)
+SYSTEMD_CONF_OPTS += --enable-hibernate
+else
+SYSTEMD_CONF_OPTS += --disable-hibernate
+endif
+
 # mq_getattr needs -lrt
 SYSTEMD_MAKE_OPTS += LIBS=-lrt
 SYSTEMD_MAKE_OPTS += LDFLAGS+=-ldl