diff --git a/package/proftpd/Config.in b/package/proftpd/Config.in
index dd87eb45aa..07a5d86cc6 100644
--- a/package/proftpd/Config.in
+++ b/package/proftpd/Config.in
@@ -13,4 +13,11 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_PROFTPD_MOD_REWRITE
 	help
 	  Compile ProFTPD with mod_rewrite support
 
+config BR2_PACKAGE_PROFTPD_MOD_REDIS
+	bool "mod_redis support"
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_HIREDIS
+	help
+	  The mod_redis module enables ProFTPD support for caching data in Redis
+	  servers, using the hiredis client library.
+
 endif
diff --git a/package/proftpd/proftpd.mk b/package/proftpd/proftpd.mk
index 5f42408213..3e165c6ada 100644
--- a/package/proftpd/proftpd.mk
+++ b/package/proftpd/proftpd.mk
@@ -27,6 +27,13 @@ ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_PROFTPD_MOD_REWRITE),y)
 PROFTPD_CONF_OPTS += --with-modules=mod_rewrite
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_PROFTPD_MOD_REDIS),y)
+PROFTPD_CONF_OPTS += --enable-redis
+PROFTPD_DEPENDENCIES += hiredis
+else
+PROFTPD_CONF_OPTS += --disable-redis
+endif
+
 # configure script doesn't handle detection of %llu format string
 # support for printing the file size when cross compiling, breaking
 # access for large files.