diff --git a/fs/squashfs/Config.in b/fs/squashfs/Config.in
index 70d4a20cf0..341e50a08c 100644
--- a/fs/squashfs/Config.in
+++ b/fs/squashfs/Config.in
@@ -5,6 +5,56 @@ config BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_SQUASHFS
 
 if BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_SQUASHFS
 
+choice
+	prompt "block size"
+	default BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_SQUASHFS_BS_128K
+	help
+	  Data block size. Bigger values can improve
+	  compression ratio.
+
+	  If unsure, leave at 128k (default).
+
+config BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_SQUASHFS_BS_4K
+	bool "4k"
+
+config BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_SQUASHFS_BS_8K
+	bool "8k"
+
+config BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_SQUASHFS_BS_16K
+	bool "16k"
+
+config BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_SQUASHFS_BS_32K
+	bool "32k"
+
+config BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_SQUASHFS_BS_64K
+	bool "64k"
+
+config BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_SQUASHFS_BS_128K
+	bool "128k"
+
+config BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_SQUASHFS_BS_256K
+	bool "256k"
+
+config BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_SQUASHFS_BS_512K
+	bool "512k"
+
+config BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_SQUASHFS_BS_1024K
+	bool "1024k"
+
+endchoice
+
+config BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_SQUASHFS_BS
+	string
+	default "4K" if BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_SQUASHFS_BS_4K
+	default "8K" if BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_SQUASHFS_BS_84K
+	default "16K" if BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_SQUASHFS_BS_16K
+	default "32K" if BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_SQUASHFS_BS_32K
+	default "64K" if BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_SQUASHFS_BS_64K
+	default "128K" if BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_SQUASHFS_BS_128K
+	default "256K" if BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_SQUASHFS_BS_256K
+	default "512K" if BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_SQUASHFS_BS_512K
+	default "1024K" if BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_SQUASHFS_BS_1024K
+
 config BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_SQUASHFS_PAD
 	bool "pad to a 4K boundary"
 	default y # legacy was always ON
diff --git a/fs/squashfs/squashfs.mk b/fs/squashfs/squashfs.mk
index 7a5e3e313e..2148bb4494 100644
--- a/fs/squashfs/squashfs.mk
+++ b/fs/squashfs/squashfs.mk
@@ -6,7 +6,10 @@
 
 ROOTFS_SQUASHFS_DEPENDENCIES = host-squashfs
 
-ROOTFS_SQUASHFS_ARGS = -noappend -processors $(PARALLEL_JOBS)
+ROOTFS_SQUASHFS_ARGS = \
+	-noappend \
+	-processors $(PARALLEL_JOBS) \
+	-b $(call qstrip,$(BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_SQUASHFS_BS))
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_SQUASHFS_PAD),)
 ROOTFS_SQUASHFS_ARGS += -nopad