diff --git a/test/Kconfig b/test/Kconfig
index 2646e7d825..ab3ac54a1b 100644
--- a/test/Kconfig
+++ b/test/Kconfig
@@ -50,6 +50,15 @@ config UT_LIB_RSA
 
 endif
 
+config UT_COMPRESSION
+	bool "Unit test for compression"
+	depends on UNIT_TEST
+	depends on CMDLINE && GZIP_COMPRESSED && BZIP2 && LZMA && LZO && LZ4
+	default y
+	help
+	  Enables tests for compression and decompression routines for simple
+	  sanity and for buffer overflow conditions.
+
 config UT_LOG
 	bool "Unit tests for logging functions"
 	depends on UNIT_TEST
diff --git a/test/Makefile b/test/Makefile
index 39ae04a3d2..8296734eb3 100644
--- a/test/Makefile
+++ b/test/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ endif
 obj-$(CONFIG_$(SPL_)CMDLINE) += cmd/
 obj-$(CONFIG_$(SPL_)CMDLINE) += cmd_ut.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_$(SPL_)CMDLINE) += command_ut.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_$(SPL_)CMDLINE) += compression.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_$(SPL_)UT_COMPRESSION) += compression.o
 obj-y += dm/
 obj-$(CONFIG_$(SPL_)CMDLINE) += print_ut.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_$(SPL_)CMDLINE) += str_ut.o