diff --git a/package/nano/nano.mk b/package/nano/nano.mk
index c688ff216c..d47c749ef5 100644
--- a/package/nano/nano.mk
+++ b/package/nano/nano.mk
@@ -19,18 +19,23 @@ NANO_CONF_ENV += ac_cv_prog_NCURSESW_CONFIG=false
 NANO_MAKE_ENV += CURSES_LIB="-lncurses"
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_FILE),y)
-NANO_DEPENDENCIES += file
-NANO_CONF_OPTS += --enable-libmagic
-else
-NANO_CONF_OPTS += --disable-libmagic
-endif
-
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_NANO_TINY),y)
-NANO_CONF_OPTS += --enable-tiny
+NANO_CONF_OPTS += \
+	--enable-tiny \
+	--disable-libmagic \
+	--disable-color \
+	--disable-nanorc
 define NANO_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
 	$(INSTALL) -m 0755 $(@D)/src/nano $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/bin/nano
 endef
-endif
+else
+NANO_CONF_OPTS += --disable-tiny
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_FILE),y)
+NANO_DEPENDENCIES += file
+NANO_CONF_OPTS += --enable-libmagic --enable-color --enable-nanorc
+else
+NANO_CONF_OPTS += --disable-libmagic --disable-libmagic --disable-color
+endif # BR2_PACKAGE_FILE
+endif # BR2_PACKAGE_NANO_TINY
 
 $(eval $(autotools-package))