diff --git a/Config.in b/Config.in
index 2c4be2e9f..38d4ebc26 100644
--- a/Config.in
+++ b/Config.in
@@ -257,6 +257,13 @@ config UNICODE_PRESERVE_BROKEN
 	  at shell prompt will list file named 0xff (single char name
 	  with char value 255), not file named '?'.
 
+config PAM
+	bool "Support for PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules)"
+	default n
+	help
+	  Use PAM in some busybox applets (currently login and httpd) instead
+	  of direct access to password database.
+
 config LONG_OPTS
 	bool "Support for --long-options"
 	default y
diff --git a/loginutils/Config.src b/loginutils/Config.src
index b78d7c38e..fa2b4f8c0 100644
--- a/loginutils/Config.src
+++ b/loginutils/Config.src
@@ -223,13 +223,6 @@ config LOGIN_SESSION_AS_CHILD
 	  almost always would want this to be set to Y, else PAM session
 	  will not be cleaned up.
 
-config PAM
-	bool "Support for PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules)"
-	default n
-	depends on LOGIN
-	help
-	  Use PAM in login(1) instead of direct access to password database.
-
 config LOGIN_SCRIPTS
 	bool "Support for login scripts"
 	depends on LOGIN