diff --git a/package/execline/Config.in b/package/execline/Config.in
index 7a2278fa5a..a7cbba1bb0 100644
--- a/package/execline/Config.in
+++ b/package/execline/Config.in
@@ -10,3 +10,12 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_EXECLINE
 	  essentially useful inside an execlineb script.
 
 	  http://skarnet.org/software/execline/
+
+if BR2_PACKAGE_EXECLINE
+
+config BR2_PACKAGE_EXECLINE_MULTICALL
+	bool "execline multicall binary"
+	help
+	  Build execline as a multicall binary to save disk space.
+
+endif
diff --git a/package/execline/execline.mk b/package/execline/execline.mk
index ee38d3ed3c..922fc7b5af 100644
--- a/package/execline/execline.mk
+++ b/package/execline/execline.mk
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ EXECLINE_CONF_OPTS = \
 	--with-dynlib=$(STAGING_DIR)/lib \
 	--with-lib=$(STAGING_DIR)/lib/skalibs \
 	$(if $(BR2_STATIC_LIBS),,--disable-allstatic) \
+	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_EXECLINE_MULTICALL),--enable-multicall,) \
 	$(SHARED_STATIC_LIBS_OPTS)
 
 define EXECLINE_CONFIGURE_CMDS