diff --git a/package/erofs-utils/Config.in b/package/erofs-utils/Config.in
index 9d9aa159c0..284b2cd059 100644
--- a/package/erofs-utils/Config.in
+++ b/package/erofs-utils/Config.in
@@ -15,6 +15,12 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_EROFS_UTILS_LZ4
 	help
 	  Support LZ4 compression algorithm
 
+config BR2_PACKAGE_EROFS_UTILS_LZMA
+	bool "lzma support"
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_XZ
+	help
+	  Support LZMA compression algorithm
+
 config BR2_PACKAGE_EROFS_UTILS_EROFSFUSE
 	bool "erofsfuse support"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # libfuse
diff --git a/package/erofs-utils/erofs-utils.mk b/package/erofs-utils/erofs-utils.mk
index 0aed99ba76..fbf7795583 100644
--- a/package/erofs-utils/erofs-utils.mk
+++ b/package/erofs-utils/erofs-utils.mk
@@ -21,6 +21,13 @@ else
 EROFS_UTILS_CONF_OPTS += --disable-lz4
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_EROFS_UTILS_LZMA),y)
+EROFS_UTILS_DEPENDENCIES += xz
+EROFS_UTILS_CONF_OPTS += --enable-lzma
+else
+EROFS_UTILS_CONF_OPTS += --disable-lzma
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBSELINUX),y)
 EROFS_UTILS_CONF_OPTS += --with-selinux
 EROFS_UTILS_DEPENDENCIES += libselinux
@@ -35,8 +42,8 @@ else
 EROFS_UTILS_CONF_OPTS += --disable-fuse
 endif
 
-HOST_EROFS_UTILS_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf host-util-linux host-lz4
-HOST_EROFS_UTILS_CONF_OPTS += --enable-lz4 --disable-fuse --without-selinux
+HOST_EROFS_UTILS_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf host-util-linux host-lz4 host-xz
+HOST_EROFS_UTILS_CONF_OPTS += --enable-lz4 --enable-lzma --disable-fuse --without-selinux
 
 $(eval $(autotools-package))
 $(eval $(host-autotools-package))