diff --git a/package/directfb/Config.in b/package/directfb/Config.in
index f8865e8605..548f602eb6 100644
--- a/package/directfb/Config.in
+++ b/package/directfb/Config.in
@@ -125,6 +125,10 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_DIRECTFB_GIF
 	bool "enable GIF support"
 	default y
 
+config BR2_PACKAGE_DIRECTFB_TIFF
+	bool "enable TIFF support"
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_TIFF
+
 config BR2_PACKAGE_DIRECTFB_IMLIB2
 	bool "enable IMLIB2 support"
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_IMLIB2
diff --git a/package/directfb/directfb.mk b/package/directfb/directfb.mk
index ea579f556f..5e68b7bc6d 100644
--- a/package/directfb/directfb.mk
+++ b/package/directfb/directfb.mk
@@ -106,6 +106,13 @@ else
 DIRECTFB_CONF_OPTS += --disable-gif
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_DIRECTFB_TIFF),y)
+DIRECTFB_CONF_OPTS += --enable-tiff
+DIRECTFB_DEPENDENCIES += tiff
+else
+DIRECTFB_CONF_OPTS += --disable-tiff
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_DIRECTFB_PNG),y)
 DIRECTFB_CONF_OPTS += --enable-png
 DIRECTFB_DEPENDENCIES += libpng