diff --git a/package/busybox/config/loginutils/Config.in b/package/busybox/config/loginutils/Config.in
index c6e50bdd40..94bf32ba4f 100644
--- a/package/busybox/config/loginutils/Config.in
+++ b/package/busybox/config/loginutils/Config.in
@@ -219,10 +219,15 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_LOGIN
 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_PAM
 	bool "Support for PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules)"
 	default n
+	depends on DEVEL
 	depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_LOGIN
 	help
 	  Use PAM in login(1) instead of direct access to password database.
 
+	  OpenWrt specific:
+	    You should install libpam from the packages feed and compile it
+	    before trying to build busysbox.
+
 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_LOGIN_SCRIPTS
 	bool "Support for login scripts"
 	depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_LOGIN