diff --git a/package/sway/Config.in b/package/sway/Config.in
index 08b6911069..6fd13636a3 100644
--- a/package/sway/Config.in
+++ b/package/sway/Config.in
@@ -24,6 +24,18 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_SWAY
 
 	  https://github.com/swaywm/sway
 
+if BR2_PACKAGE_SWAY
+
+config BR2_PACKAGE_SWAY_SWAYBAR
+	bool "swaybar"
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_DEJAVU
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_JQ if BR2_PACKAGE_BASH_COMPLETION # Runtime
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_DMENU_WAYLAND # Runtime
+	help
+	  Enable support for swaybar
+
+endif # BR2_PACKAGE_SWAY
+
 comment "sway needs systemd, udev, EGL w/ Wayland backend and OpenGL ES support"
 	depends on !BR2_PACKAGE_SYSTEMD || \
 		!BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_UDEV || \
diff --git a/package/sway/sway.mk b/package/sway/sway.mk
index 1e3dd279ef..6d924ca92e 100644
--- a/package/sway/sway.mk
+++ b/package/sway/sway.mk
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ SWAY_CONF_OPTS = \
 	-Dwerror=false \
 	-Dzsh-completions=false \
 	-Dfish-completions=false \
-	-Dswaybar=false \
 	-Dswaynag=false \
 	-Dtray=disabled \
 	-Dman-pages=disabled \
@@ -44,4 +43,10 @@ else
 SWAY_CONF_OPTS += -Ddefault-wallpaper=false
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_SWAY_SWAYBAR),y)
+SWAY_CONF_OPTS += -Dswaybar=true
+else
+SWAY_CONF_OPTS += -Dswaybar=false
+endif
+
 $(eval $(meson-package))