diff --git a/net/ifstat/Config.in b/net/ifstat/Config.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a224a810d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/ifstat/Config.in
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+        config IFSTAT_SNMP
+                depends on PACKAGE_ifstat
+                bool "Build with support for SNMP"
+                default y
diff --git a/net/ifstat/Makefile b/net/ifstat/Makefile
index 8b4d1ec6f..8ab305347 100644
--- a/net/ifstat/Makefile
+++ b/net/ifstat/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=ifstat
 PKG_VERSION:=1.1
-PKG_RELEASE:=1
+PKG_RELEASE:=2
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://gael.roualland.free.fr/ifstat/
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ define Package/ifstat
   CATEGORY:=Network
   TITLE:=InterFace STATistics Monitoring
   URL:=http://gael.roualland.free.fr/ifstat/
-  DEPENDS:=+libnetsnmp
+  DEPENDS:=+IFSTAT_SNMP:libnetsnmp
 endef
 
 define Package/ifstat/description
@@ -36,6 +36,12 @@ define Package/ifstat/description
 	interfaces using SNMP.
 endef
 
+define Package/ifstat/config
+	source "$(SOURCE)/Config.in"
+endef
+
+CONFIGURE_ARGS += --with$(if $(CONFIG_IFSTAT_SNMP),,out)-snmp
+
 define Package/ifstat/install
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/bin
 	$(INSTALL_BIN) $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/ifstat $(1)/usr/bin/