diff --git a/package/lighttpd/Config.in b/package/lighttpd/Config.in
index b56d66b4cf..49877e4181 100644
--- a/package/lighttpd/Config.in
+++ b/package/lighttpd/Config.in
@@ -42,5 +42,13 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LIGHTTPD_PCRE
 	help
 	  Enable PCRE support. Needed to support mod_rewrite
 
+config BR2_PACKAGE_LIGHTTPD_WEBDAV
+	bool "webdav"
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_LIGHTTPD
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBXML2
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_SQLITE
+	help
+	  Enable webdav support. Needed to support mod_webdav
+
 endmenu
 endif
diff --git a/package/lighttpd/lighttpd.mk b/package/lighttpd/lighttpd.mk
index 67cd272419..5901801536 100644
--- a/package/lighttpd/lighttpd.mk
+++ b/package/lighttpd/lighttpd.mk
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 LIGHTTPD_VERSION = 1.4.28
 LIGHTTPD_SITE = http://download.lighttpd.net/lighttpd/releases-1.4.x
-
+LIGHTTPD_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkg-config
 LIGHTTPD_CONF_OPT = \
 	--libdir=/usr/lib/lighttpd \
 	--libexecdir=/usr/lib \
@@ -43,6 +43,13 @@ else
 LIGHTTPD_CONF_OPT += --without-pcre
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIGHTTPD_WEBDAV),y)
+LIGHTTPD_DEPENDENCIES += libxml2 sqlite
+LIGHTTPD_CONF_OPT += --with-webdav-props --with-webdav-locks
+else
+LIGHTTPD_CONF_OPT += ---without-webdav-props --without-webdav-locks
+endif
+
 define LIGHTTPD_UNINSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
 	rm -f $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/sbin/lighttpd
 	rm -f $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/sbin/lighttpd-angel