diff --git a/package/python3/Config.in b/package/python3/Config.in
index 0f4fc88a6e..bf2cd7c11e 100644
--- a/package/python3/Config.in
+++ b/package/python3/Config.in
@@ -98,6 +98,12 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3_PYEXPAT
 	help
 	  pyexpat and xml libraries for Python3.
 
+config BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3_XZ
+	bool "xz module"
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_XZ
+	help
+	  xz (a.k.a lzma) module for Python3
+
 config BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3_ZLIB
 	bool "zlib module"
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_ZLIB
diff --git a/package/python3/python3.mk b/package/python3/python3.mk
index 393b9fb2ac..b3f31c0aa0 100644
--- a/package/python3/python3.mk
+++ b/package/python3/python3.mk
@@ -103,6 +103,10 @@ ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3_BZIP2),y)
 PYTHON3_DEPENDENCIES += bzip2
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3_XZ),y)
+PYTHON3_DEPENDENCIES += xz
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3_ZLIB),y)
 PYTHON3_DEPENDENCIES += zlib
 endif