diff --git a/usr/Kconfig b/usr/Kconfig
index 1c3039f..e2721f5 100644
--- a/usr/Kconfig
+++ b/usr/Kconfig
@@ -72,6 +72,15 @@
 	  Support loading of a LZMA encoded initial ramdisk or cpio buffer
 	  If unsure, say N.
 
+config RD_LZO
+	bool "Support initial ramdisks compressed using LZO" if EMBEDDED
+	default !EMBEDDED
+	depends on BLK_DEV_INITRD
+	select DECOMPRESS_LZO
+	help
+	  Support loading of a LZO encoded initial ramdisk or cpio buffer
+	  If unsure, say N.
+
 choice
 	prompt "Built-in initramfs compression mode" if INITRAMFS_SOURCE!=""
 	help
@@ -108,16 +117,15 @@
 	bool "Gzip"
 	depends on RD_GZIP
 	help
-	  The old and tried gzip compression. Its compression ratio is
-	  the poorest among the 3 choices; however its speed (both
-	  compression and decompression) is the fastest.
+	  The old and tried gzip compression. It provides a good balance
+	  between compression ratio and decompression speed.
 
 config INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_BZIP2
 	bool "Bzip2"
 	depends on RD_BZIP2
 	help
 	  Its compression ratio and speed is intermediate.
-	  Decompression speed is slowest among the three.  The initramfs
+	  Decompression speed is slowest among the four.  The initramfs
 	  size is about 10% smaller with bzip2, in comparison to gzip.
 	  Bzip2 uses a large amount of memory. For modern kernels you
 	  will need at least 8MB RAM or more for booting.
@@ -128,7 +136,15 @@
 	help
 	  The most recent compression algorithm.
 	  Its ratio is best, decompression speed is between the other
-	  two. Compression is slowest.	The initramfs size is about 33%
+	  three. Compression is slowest. The initramfs size is about 33%
 	  smaller with LZMA in comparison to gzip.
 
+config INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_LZO
+	bool "LZO"
+	depends on RD_LZO
+	help
+	  Its compression ratio is the poorest among the four. The kernel
+	  size is about about 10% bigger than gzip; however its speed
+	  (both compression and decompression) is the fastest.
+
 endchoice