diff --git a/package/wpa_supplicant/Config.in b/package/wpa_supplicant/Config.in
index e385d762e6..fd15e95be1 100644
--- a/package/wpa_supplicant/Config.in
+++ b/package/wpa_supplicant/Config.in
@@ -183,4 +183,11 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_WPA_SUPPLICANT_SMARTCARD
 	  Enable the smart card support. Required for OpenSSL engines
 	  to work using PKCS11 and 802.1x
 
+config BR2_PACKAGE_WPA_SUPPLICANT_WEP
+	bool "Enable WEP support (deprecated)"
+	help
+	  Enable support for WEP. WEP support is deprecated due to
+	  security concerns, but some systems may want to support WEP
+	  networks.
+
 endif
diff --git a/package/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.mk b/package/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.mk
index 9de536b943..fe4bc34d55 100644
--- a/package/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.mk
+++ b/package/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.mk
@@ -200,6 +200,10 @@ define WPA_SUPPLICANT_ENABLE_CTRL_IFACE
 endef
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_WPA_SUPPLICANT_WEP),y)
+WPA_SUPPLICANT_CONFIG_ENABLE += CONFIG_WEP
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_WPA_SUPPLICANT_WPA_CLIENT_SO),y)
 WPA_SUPPLICANT_CONFIG_ENABLE += CONFIG_BUILD_WPA_CLIENT_SO
 define WPA_SUPPLICANT_INSTALL_WPA_CLIENT_SO