diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index 55298e891571..6bf1f1ac478c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ config X86
 	select HAVE_KERNEL_GZIP
 	select HAVE_KERNEL_BZIP2
 	select HAVE_KERNEL_LZMA
+	select HAVE_KERNEL_LZO
 	select HAVE_HW_BREAKPOINT
 	select PERF_EVENTS
 	select ANON_INODES
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile
index f25bbd37765a..fbb47daf2459 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # create a compressed vmlinux image from the original vmlinux
 #
 
-targets := vmlinux.lds vmlinux vmlinux.bin vmlinux.bin.gz vmlinux.bin.bz2 vmlinux.bin.lzma head_$(BITS).o misc.o piggy.o
+targets := vmlinux.lds vmlinux vmlinux.bin vmlinux.bin.gz vmlinux.bin.bz2 vmlinux.bin.lzma vmlinux.bin.lzo head_$(BITS).o misc.o piggy.o
 
 KBUILD_CFLAGS := -m$(BITS) -D__KERNEL__ $(LINUX_INCLUDE) -O2
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += -fno-strict-aliasing -fPIC
@@ -49,10 +49,13 @@ $(obj)/vmlinux.bin.bz2: $(vmlinux.bin.all-y) FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,bzip2)
 $(obj)/vmlinux.bin.lzma: $(vmlinux.bin.all-y) FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,lzma)
+$(obj)/vmlinux.bin.lzo: $(vmlinux.bin.all-y) FORCE
+	$(call if_changed,lzo)
 
 suffix-$(CONFIG_KERNEL_GZIP)	:= gz
 suffix-$(CONFIG_KERNEL_BZIP2)	:= bz2
 suffix-$(CONFIG_KERNEL_LZMA)	:= lzma
+suffix-$(CONFIG_KERNEL_LZO) 	:= lzo
 
 quiet_cmd_mkpiggy = MKPIGGY $@
       cmd_mkpiggy = $(obj)/mkpiggy $< > $@ || ( rm -f $@ ; false )
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.c b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.c
index 842b2a36174a..3b22fe8ab91b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.c
@@ -162,6 +162,10 @@ static int lines, cols;
 #include "../../../../lib/decompress_unlzma.c"
 #endif
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_KERNEL_LZO
+#include "../../../../lib/decompress_unlzo.c"
+#endif
+
 static void scroll(void)
 {
 	int i;