--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -43,10 +43,15 @@ $(SYMLINKS):
 	ln -sf ../fs/jffs2/$@ $@
 
 $(BUILDDIR)/mkfs.jffs2: $(addprefix $(BUILDDIR)/,\
-	compr_rtime.o mkfs.jffs2.o compr_zlib.o compr_lzo.o \
+	compr_rtime.o mkfs.jffs2.o compr_zlib.o $(if $(NO_LZO),,compr_lzo.o) \
 	compr.o rbtree.o)
-LDFLAGS_mkfs.jffs2 = $(ZLIBLDFLAGS) $(LZOLDFLAGS)
-LDLIBS_mkfs.jffs2  = -lz -llzo2
+LDFLAGS_mkfs.jffs2 := $(ZLIBLDFLAGS)
+LDLIBS_mkfs.jffs2  := -lz
+ifndef NO_LZO
+LDFLAGS_mkfs.jffs2 += $(LZOLDFLAGS)
+LDLIBS_mkfs.jffs2  += -llzo2
+CPPFLAGS += -DCONFIG_JFFS2_LZO
+endif
 
 $(BUILDDIR)/jffs2reader: $(BUILDDIR)/jffs2reader.o
 LDFLAGS_jffs2reader = $(ZLIBLDFLAGS) $(LZOLDFLAGS)