diff --git a/fs/ext2/Config.in b/fs/ext2/Config.in
index 705446df57..4451d0797f 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/Config.in
+++ b/fs/ext2/Config.in
@@ -60,6 +60,19 @@ config BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT2_INODES
 	int "exact number of inodes (leave at 0 for auto calculation)"
 	default 0
 
+config BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT2_INODE_SIZE
+	int "inode size"
+	default 256
+	help
+	  Set the size of inodes, in bytes, as a power of 2 larger or
+	  equal to 128.
+
+	  Set to 0 to let the filesystem generator decide based on the
+	  file system size. If unsure, keep the default, 256.
+
+	  Note: 128-byte inodes suffer of the Y2K38 problem, and can't
+	  store timestamps beyond 2038-01-19 03:14:07Z.
+
 config BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT2_RESBLKS
 	int "reserved blocks percentage"
 	default 5
diff --git a/fs/ext2/ext2.mk b/fs/ext2/ext2.mk
index 5b5393f092..e69e79cd2e 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/ext2.mk
+++ b/fs/ext2/ext2.mk
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ ROOTFS_EXT2_OPTS = \
 	-N $(BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT2_INODES) \
 	-m $(BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT2_RESBLKS) \
 	-L "$(ROOTFS_EXT2_LABEL)" \
+	-I $(BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT2_INODE_SIZE) \
 	$(ROOTFS_EXT2_MKFS_OPTS)
 
 ROOTFS_EXT2_DEPENDENCIES = host-e2fsprogs