diff --git a/package/openvpn/Config.in b/package/openvpn/Config.in
index 5fa191d97b..0a1675573a 100644
--- a/package/openvpn/Config.in
+++ b/package/openvpn/Config.in
@@ -14,6 +14,13 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_OPENVPN
 
 if BR2_PACKAGE_OPENVPN
 
+config BR2_PACKAGE_OPENVPN_LZ4
+	bool "LZ4 compression"
+	default y
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_LZ4
+	help
+	  Enable LZ4 compression.
+
 config BR2_PACKAGE_OPENVPN_LZO
 	bool "LZO compression"
 	default y
diff --git a/package/openvpn/openvpn.mk b/package/openvpn/openvpn.mk
index a2e21f9dd4..6581a4edd4 100644
--- a/package/openvpn/openvpn.mk
+++ b/package/openvpn/openvpn.mk
@@ -35,6 +35,12 @@ else
 OPENVPN_CONF_ENV += IPROUTE=/sbin/ip
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENVPN_LZ4),y)
+OPENVPN_DEPENDENCIES += lz4
+else
+OPENVPN_CONF_OPTS += --disable-lz4
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENVPN_LZO),y)
 OPENVPN_DEPENDENCIES += lzo
 else