diff --git a/package/dovecot/dovecot.mk b/package/dovecot/dovecot.mk
index eea9efcc2f..dbf2dab106 100644
--- a/package/dovecot/dovecot.mk
+++ b/package/dovecot/dovecot.mk
@@ -76,6 +76,13 @@ else
 DOVECOT_CONF_OPTS += --without-sqlite
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_XZ),y)
+DOVECOT_CONF_OPTS += --with-lzma
+DOVECOT_DEPENDENCIES += xz
+else
+DOVECOT_CONF_OPTS += --without-lzma
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_ZLIB),y)
 DOVECOT_CONF_OPTS += --with-zlib
 DOVECOT_DEPENDENCIES += zlib