diff --git a/arch/mips/Kconfig b/arch/mips/Kconfig
index 9541171f12200..8b5d174685f00 100644
--- a/arch/mips/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/mips/Kconfig
@@ -1311,6 +1311,7 @@ config SYS_SUPPORTS_ZBOOT
 	select HAVE_KERNEL_GZIP
 	select HAVE_KERNEL_BZIP2
 	select HAVE_KERNEL_LZMA
+	select HAVE_KERNEL_LZO
 
 config SYS_SUPPORTS_ZBOOT_UART16550
 	bool
diff --git a/arch/mips/boot/compressed/Makefile b/arch/mips/boot/compressed/Makefile
index 671d3448fad4e..bdcfd49f022d5 100644
--- a/arch/mips/boot/compressed/Makefile
+++ b/arch/mips/boot/compressed/Makefile
@@ -41,9 +41,11 @@ $(obj)/vmlinux.bin: $(KBUILD_IMAGE)
 suffix_$(CONFIG_KERNEL_GZIP)  = gz
 suffix_$(CONFIG_KERNEL_BZIP2) = bz2
 suffix_$(CONFIG_KERNEL_LZMA)  = lzma
+suffix_$(CONFIG_KERNEL_LZO)   = lzo
 tool_$(CONFIG_KERNEL_GZIP)    = gzip
 tool_$(CONFIG_KERNEL_BZIP2)   = bzip2
 tool_$(CONFIG_KERNEL_LZMA)    = lzma
+tool_$(CONFIG_KERNEL_LZO)     = lzo
 $(obj)/vmlinux.$(suffix_y): $(obj)/vmlinux.bin
 	$(call if_changed,$(tool_y))
 
diff --git a/arch/mips/boot/compressed/decompress.c b/arch/mips/boot/compressed/decompress.c
index e48fd72898a87..55d02b3a67122 100644
--- a/arch/mips/boot/compressed/decompress.c
+++ b/arch/mips/boot/compressed/decompress.c
@@ -77,6 +77,10 @@ void *memset(void *s, int c, size_t n)
 #include "../../../../lib/decompress_unlzma.c"
 #endif
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_KERNEL_LZO
+#include "../../../../lib/decompress_unlzo.c"
+#endif
+
 void decompress_kernel(unsigned long boot_heap_start)
 {
 	int zimage_size;