diff --git a/py/modmath.c b/py/modmath.c
index 38ed390ddf..46423d2b5c 100644
--- a/py/modmath.c
+++ b/py/modmath.c
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ MATH_FUN_1_TO_BOOL(isnan, isnan)
 MATH_FUN_1_TO_INT(trunc, trunc)
 /// \function ldexp(x, exp)
 MATH_FUN_2(ldexp, ldexp)
+#if MICROPY_PY_MATH_SPECIAL_FUNCTIONS
 /// \function erf(x)
 /// Return the error function of `x`.
 MATH_FUN_1(erf, erf)
@@ -132,6 +133,7 @@ MATH_FUN_1(gamma, tgamma)
 /// \function lgamma(x)
 /// return the natural logarithm of the gamma function of `x`.
 MATH_FUN_1(lgamma, lgamma)
+#endif
 //TODO: factorial, fsum
 
 // Functions that return a tuple
@@ -211,10 +213,12 @@ STATIC const mp_map_elem_t mp_module_math_globals_table[] = {
     { MP_OBJ_NEW_QSTR(MP_QSTR_trunc), (mp_obj_t)&mp_math_trunc_obj },
     { MP_OBJ_NEW_QSTR(MP_QSTR_radians), (mp_obj_t)&mp_math_radians_obj },
     { MP_OBJ_NEW_QSTR(MP_QSTR_degrees), (mp_obj_t)&mp_math_degrees_obj },
+    #if MICROPY_PY_MATH_SPECIAL_FUNCTIONS
     { MP_OBJ_NEW_QSTR(MP_QSTR_erf), (mp_obj_t)&mp_math_erf_obj },
     { MP_OBJ_NEW_QSTR(MP_QSTR_erfc), (mp_obj_t)&mp_math_erfc_obj },
     { MP_OBJ_NEW_QSTR(MP_QSTR_gamma), (mp_obj_t)&mp_math_gamma_obj },
     { MP_OBJ_NEW_QSTR(MP_QSTR_lgamma), (mp_obj_t)&mp_math_lgamma_obj },
+    #endif
 };
 
 STATIC MP_DEFINE_CONST_DICT(mp_module_math_globals, mp_module_math_globals_table);
diff --git a/py/mpconfig.h b/py/mpconfig.h
index b235d6fe66..bde8dfb9ef 100644
--- a/py/mpconfig.h
+++ b/py/mpconfig.h
@@ -419,6 +419,11 @@ typedef double mp_float_t;
 #define MICROPY_PY_MATH (1)
 #endif
 
+// Whether to provide special math functions: math.{erf,erfc,gamma,lgamma}
+#ifndef MICROPY_PY_MATH_SPECIAL_FUNCTIONS
+#define MICROPY_PY_MATH_SPECIAL_FUNCTIONS (0)
+#endif
+
 // Whether to provide "cmath" module
 #ifndef MICROPY_PY_CMATH
 #define MICROPY_PY_CMATH (0)
diff --git a/py/qstrdefs.h b/py/qstrdefs.h
index f273367d54..77514f521b 100644
--- a/py/qstrdefs.h
+++ b/py/qstrdefs.h
@@ -363,11 +363,13 @@ Q(frexp)
 Q(ldexp)
 Q(degrees)
 Q(radians)
+#if MICROPY_PY_MATH_SPECIAL_FUNCTIONS
 Q(erf)
 Q(erfc)
 Q(gamma)
 Q(lgamma)
 #endif
+#endif
 
 #if MICROPY_PY_CMATH
 Q(cmath)
diff --git a/stmhal/mpconfigport.h b/stmhal/mpconfigport.h
index 0224d93f41..39256bebbd 100644
--- a/stmhal/mpconfigport.h
+++ b/stmhal/mpconfigport.h
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@
 #define MICROPY_PY_MICROPYTHON_MEM_INFO (1)
 #define MICROPY_PY_SYS_EXIT         (1)
 #define MICROPY_PY_SYS_STDFILES     (1)
+#define MICROPY_PY_MATH_SPECIAL_FUNCTIONS (1)
 #define MICROPY_PY_CMATH            (1)
 #define MICROPY_PY_IO               (1)
 #define MICROPY_PY_IO_FILEIO        (1)
diff --git a/unix/mpconfigport.h b/unix/mpconfigport.h
index a0366d9c6b..bbfae7b21b 100644
--- a/unix/mpconfigport.h
+++ b/unix/mpconfigport.h
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
 #define MICROPY_PY_SYS_PLATFORM     "linux"
 #define MICROPY_PY_SYS_MAXSIZE      (1)
 #define MICROPY_PY_SYS_STDFILES     (1)
+#define MICROPY_PY_MATH_SPECIAL_FUNCTIONS (1)
 #define MICROPY_PY_CMATH            (1)
 #define MICROPY_PY_IO_FILEIO        (1)
 #define MICROPY_PY_GC_COLLECT_RETVAL (1)