diff --git a/package/kernel/modules/fs.mk b/package/kernel/modules/fs.mk
index 581dae67d2f..00dc1622dac 100644
--- a/package/kernel/modules/fs.mk
+++ b/package/kernel/modules/fs.mk
@@ -24,6 +24,16 @@ define KernelPackage/fs-minix
 endef
 $(eval $(call KernelPackage,fs-minix))
 
+define KernelPackage/fs-ntfs
+  TITLE:=NTFS filesystem support
+  DESCRIPTION:=Kernel module for NTFS filesystem support
+  KCONFIG:=CONFIG_NTFS_FS
+  SUBMENU:=$(FSMENU)
+  AUTOLOAD:=$(call AutoLoad,30,ntfs)
+  FILES:=$(LINUX_DIR)/fs/ntfs/ntfs.$(LINUX_KMOD_SUFFIX)
+endef
+$(eval $(call KernelPackage,fs-ntfs))
+
 define KernelPackage/fs-ext2
   TITLE:=EXT2 filesystem support
   DESCRIPTION:=Kernel module for EXT2 filesystem support
diff --git a/target/linux/generic-2.4/config-template b/target/linux/generic-2.4/config-template
index fda9e1af4b8..1607f045086 100644
--- a/target/linux/generic-2.4/config-template
+++ b/target/linux/generic-2.4/config-template
@@ -550,7 +550,7 @@ CONFIG_NLS_KOI8_R=m
 CONFIG_NLS_UTF8=m
 CONFIG_NONCOHERENT_IO=y
 # CONFIG_NS83820 is not set
-# CONFIG_NTFS_FS is not set
+CONFIG_NTFS_FS=m
 # CONFIG_NTFS_RW is not set
 # CONFIG_NVRAM is not set
 # CONFIG_OLIVETTI_M700 is not set