diff --git a/scripts/metadata.pl b/scripts/metadata.pl
index 041a250cdb..250a85ed84 100755
--- a/scripts/metadata.pl
+++ b/scripts/metadata.pl
@@ -183,6 +183,7 @@ sub target_config_features(@) {
 		/nommu/ and $ret .= "\tselect NOMMU\n";
 		/mips16/ and $ret .= "\tselect HAS_MIPS16\n";
 		/rfkill/ and $ret .= "\tselect RFKILL_SUPPORT\n";
+		/low_mem/ and $ret .= "\tselect LOW_MEMORY_FOOTPRINT\n";
 	}
 	return $ret;
 }
diff --git a/target/Config.in b/target/Config.in
index bb442025f5..e0320fac49 100644
--- a/target/Config.in
+++ b/target/Config.in
@@ -69,6 +69,9 @@ config USES_UBIFS
 config PROFILE_KCONFIG
 	bool
 
+config LOW_MEMORY_FOOTPRINT
+	bool
+
 config NOMMU
 	bool