diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6762eec..91aee84 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -47,11 +47,24 @@ MULTICALL_SRC = \
 MULTICALL_OBJ = ${MULTICALL_SRC:.c=.o}
 MULTICALL = ifupdown
 
-IFQUERY_SRC = cmd/ifquery.c
-IFQUERY_OBJ = ${IFQUERY_SRC:.c=.o}
-
+# enable ifup/ifdown applets (+16 KB)
+CONFIG_IFUPDOWN ?= Y
 IFUPDOWN_SRC = cmd/ifupdown.c
-IFUPDOWN_OBJ = ${IFUPDOWN_SRC:.c=.o}
+MULTICALL_${CONFIG_IFUPDOWN}_OBJ += ${IFUPDOWN_SRC:.c=.o}
+CMDS_${CONFIG_IFUPDOWN} += ifup ifdown
+CPPFLAGS_${CONFIG_IFUPDOWN} += -DCONFIG_IFUPDOWN
+
+# enable ifquery applet (+4 KB)
+# [+20 KB without ifup/ifdown]
+CONFIG_IFQUERY ?= Y
+IFQUERY_SRC = cmd/ifquery.c
+MULTICALL_${CONFIG_IFQUERY}_OBJ += ${IFQUERY_SRC:.c=.o}
+CMDS_${CONFIG_IFQUERY} += ifquery
+CPPFLAGS_${CONFIG_IFQUERY} += -DCONFIG_IFQUERY
+
+MULTICALL_OBJ += ${MULTICALL_Y_OBJ}
+CMDS += ${CMDS_Y}
+CPPFLAGS += ${CPPFLAGS_Y}
 
 EXECUTOR_SCRIPTS_CORE ?= \
 	dhcp \
@@ -66,10 +79,6 @@ EXECUTOR_SCRIPTS ?= ${EXECUTOR_SCRIPTS_CORE} ${EXECUTOR_SCRIPTS_OPT}
 
 EXECUTOR_SCRIPTS_STUB ?=
 
-CMD_OBJ = ${MULTICALL_OBJ} ${IFQUERY_OBJ} ${IFUPDOWN_OBJ}
-
-CMDS = ifup ifdown ifquery
-
 TARGET_LIBS = ${LIBIFUPDOWN_LIB}
 LIBS += ${TARGET_LIBS} ${LIBBSD_LIBS}
 
@@ -78,14 +87,14 @@ all: ${MULTICALL} ${CMDS}
 ${CMDS}: ${MULTICALL}
 	ln -sf ifupdown $@
 
-${MULTICALL}: ${TARGET_LIBS} ${CMD_OBJ}
-	${CC} -o $@ ${CMD_OBJ} ${LIBS}
+${MULTICALL}: ${TARGET_LIBS} ${MULTICALL_OBJ}
+	${CC} -o $@ ${MULTICALL_OBJ} ${LIBS}
 
 ${LIBIFUPDOWN_LIB}: ${LIBIFUPDOWN_OBJ}
 	${AR} -rcs $@ ${LIBIFUPDOWN_OBJ}
 
 clean:
-	rm -f ${LIBIFUPDOWN_OBJ} ${CMD_OBJ}
+	rm -f ${LIBIFUPDOWN_OBJ} ${MULTICALL_OBJ}
 	rm -f ${LIBIFUPDOWN_LIB}
 	rm -f ${CMDS} ${MULTICALL}
 	rm -f ${MANPAGES}
diff --git a/cmd/multicall.c b/cmd/multicall.c
index ccb7688..8f18f81 100644
--- a/cmd/multicall.c
+++ b/cmd/multicall.c
@@ -23,16 +23,28 @@
 
 char *argv0;
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_IFQUERY
 extern struct if_applet ifquery_applet;
+#endif
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_IFUPDOWN
 extern struct if_applet ifup_applet;
 extern struct if_applet ifdown_applet;
+#endif
+
 struct if_applet ifupdown_applet;
 const struct if_applet *self_applet = NULL;
 
 struct if_applet *applet_table[] = {
+#ifdef CONFIG_IFUPDOWN
 	&ifdown_applet,
+#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_IFQUERY
 	&ifquery_applet,
+#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_IFUPDOWN
 	&ifup_applet,
+#endif
 	&ifupdown_applet,
 };