diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9b7c8d32..e162ebe0 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ endif
 btrfs_convert_cflags = -DBTRFSCONVERT_EXT2=$(BTRFSCONVERT_EXT2)
 btrfs_convert_cflags += -DBTRFSCONVERT_REISERFS=$(BTRFSCONVERT_REISERFS)
 btrfs_fragments_libs = -lgd -lpng -ljpeg -lfreetype
-cmds_restore_cflags = -DBTRFSRESTORE_ZSTD=$(BTRFSRESTORE_ZSTD)
+cmds_restore_cflags = -DBTRFSRESTORE_LZO=$(BTRFSRESTORE_LZO) -DBTRFSRESTORE_ZSTD=$(BTRFSRESTORE_ZSTD)
 
 ifeq ($(CRYPTOPROVIDER_BUILTIN),1)
 CRYPTO_OBJECTS = crypto/sha224-256.o crypto/blake2b-ref.o
diff --git a/Makefile.inc.in b/Makefile.inc.in
index c995aef9..385b7ae1 100644
--- a/Makefile.inc.in
+++ b/Makefile.inc.in
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ BUILD_PROGRAMS = @BUILD_PROGRAMS@
 BUILD_SHARED_LIBRARIES = @BUILD_SHARED_LIBRARIES@
 BUILD_STATIC_LIBRARIES = @BUILD_STATIC_LIBRARIES@
 BTRFSCONVERT_EXT2 = @BTRFSCONVERT_EXT2@
+BTRFSRESTORE_LZO = @BTRFSRESTORE_LZO@
 BTRFSCONVERT_REISERFS = @BTRFSCONVERT_REISERFS@
 BTRFSRESTORE_ZSTD = @BTRFSRESTORE_ZSTD@
 PYTHON_BINDINGS = @PYTHON_BINDINGS@
diff --git a/cmds/restore.c b/cmds/restore.c
index 5923d571..f1bc8a46 100644
--- a/cmds/restore.c
+++ b/cmds/restore.c
@@ -25,8 +25,10 @@
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
+#if BTRFSRESTORE_LZO
 #include <lzo/lzoconf.h>
 #include <lzo/lzo1x.h>
+#endif
 #include <zlib.h>
 #if BTRFSRESTORE_ZSTD
 #include <zstd.h>
@@ -98,6 +100,10 @@ static inline size_t read_compress_length(unsigned char *buf)
 static int decompress_lzo(struct btrfs_root *root, unsigned char *inbuf,
 			char *outbuf, u64 compress_len, u64 *decompress_len)
 {
+#if !BTRFSRESTORE_LZO
+	error("btrfs-restore not compiled with lzo support");
+	return -1;
+#else
 	size_t new_len;
 	size_t in_len;
 	size_t out_len = 0;
@@ -156,6 +162,7 @@ static int decompress_lzo(struct btrfs_root *root, unsigned char *inbuf,
 	*decompress_len = out_len;
 
 	return 0;
+#endif
 }
 
 static int decompress_zstd(const char *inbuf, char *outbuf, u64 compress_len,
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index d907636b..fa19015b 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -372,16 +372,26 @@ if ${PKG_CONFIG} udev --atleast-version 190; then
 fi
 AC_SUBST(UDEVDIR)
 
-dnl lzo library does not provide pkg-config, let use classic way
-AC_CHECK_LIB([lzo2], [lzo_version], [
-	LZO2_LIBS="-llzo2"
-	LZO2_CFLAGS=""
-	LZO2_LIBS_STATIC="-llzo2"],[
-	AC_MSG_ERROR([cannot find lzo2 library])
-])
-AC_SUBST([LZO2_LIBS])
-AC_SUBST([LZO2_LIBS_STATIC])
-AC_SUBST([LZO2_CFLAGS])
+AC_ARG_ENABLE([lzo],
+	AS_HELP_STRING([--disable-lzo], [build without lzo support (default: enabled)]),
+	[], [enable_lzo=yes]
+)
+
+if test "x$enable_lzo" = xyes; then
+	dnl lzo library does not provide pkg-config, use classic way
+	AC_CHECK_LIB([lzo2], [lzo_version], [
+		LZO2_LIBS="-llzo2"
+		LZO2_CFLAGS=""
+		LZO2_LIBS_STATIC="-llzo2"],[
+		AC_MSG_ERROR([cannot find lzo2 library])
+	])
+	AC_SUBST([LZO2_LIBS])
+	AC_SUBST([LZO2_LIBS_STATIC])
+	AC_SUBST([LZO2_CFLAGS])
+fi
+
+AS_IF([test "x$enable_lzo" = xyes], [BTRFSRESTORE_LZO=1], [BTRFSRESTORE_LZO=0])
+AC_SUBST(BTRFSRESTORE_LZO)
 
 dnl call PKG_INSTALLDIR from pkg.m4 to set pkgconfigdir
 m4_ifdef([PKG_INSTALLDIR], [PKG_INSTALLDIR], [AC_MSG_ERROR([please install pkgconf])])