diff --git a/package/network/services/openvpn/Config-nossl.in b/package/network/services/openvpn/Config-nossl.in
index 98cba25cc0..3eaa228882 100644
--- a/package/network/services/openvpn/Config-nossl.in
+++ b/package/network/services/openvpn/Config-nossl.in
@@ -44,4 +44,11 @@ config OPENVPN_nossl_ENABLE_IPROUTE2
 	bool "Enable support for iproute2"
 	default n
 
+config OPENVPN_nossl_ENABLE_SMALL
+	bool "Enable size optimization"
+	default y
+	help
+	  enable smaller executable size (disable OCC, usage
+	  message, and verb 4 parm list)
+
 endif
diff --git a/package/network/services/openvpn/Config-openssl.in b/package/network/services/openvpn/Config-openssl.in
index 66861219df..ac4c774b03 100644
--- a/package/network/services/openvpn/Config-openssl.in
+++ b/package/network/services/openvpn/Config-openssl.in
@@ -56,4 +56,11 @@ config OPENVPN_openssl_ENABLE_IPROUTE2
 	bool "Enable support for iproute2"
 	default n
 
+config OPENVPN_openssl_ENABLE_SMALL
+	bool "Enable size optimization"
+	default y
+	help
+	  enable smaller executable size (disable OCC, usage
+	  message, and verb 4 parm list)
+
 endif
diff --git a/package/network/services/openvpn/Config-polarssl.in b/package/network/services/openvpn/Config-polarssl.in
index 64c4497241..26692ce04d 100644
--- a/package/network/services/openvpn/Config-polarssl.in
+++ b/package/network/services/openvpn/Config-polarssl.in
@@ -56,4 +56,11 @@ config OPENVPN_polarssl_ENABLE_IPROUTE2
 	bool "Enable support for iproute2"
 	default n
 
+config OPENVPN_polarssl_ENABLE_SMALL
+	bool "Enable size optimization"
+	default y
+	help
+	  enable smaller executable size (disable OCC, usage
+	  message, and verb 4 parm list)
+
 endif
diff --git a/package/network/services/openvpn/Makefile b/package/network/services/openvpn/Makefile
index f6c4381b09..a05248c132 100644
--- a/package/network/services/openvpn/Makefile
+++ b/package/network/services/openvpn/Makefile
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ CONFIGURE_VARS += \
 
 define Build/Configure
 	$(call Build/Configure/Default, \
-		--enable-small \
+		$(if $(CONFIG_OPENVPN_$(BUILD_VARIANT)_ENABLE_SMALL),--enable-small) \
 		--disable-selinux \
 		--disable-systemd \
 		--disable-plugins \