diff --git a/package/x11r7/xlib_libXfont/xlib_libXfont.mk b/package/x11r7/xlib_libXfont/xlib_libXfont.mk
index 3cb52c3b0d..a91999c06b 100644
--- a/package/x11r7/xlib_libXfont/xlib_libXfont.mk
+++ b/package/x11r7/xlib_libXfont/xlib_libXfont.mk
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ XLIB_LIBXFONT_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 XLIB_LIBXFONT_DEPENDENCIES = freetype xlib_libfontenc xlib_xtrans xproto_fontcacheproto xproto_fontsproto xproto_xproto xfont_encodings
 XLIB_LIBXFONT_CONF_OPT = --enable-shared --disable-static --disable-devel-docs
 
+HOST_XLIB_LIBXFONT_CONF_OPT = --disable-devel-docs
 HOST_XLIB_LIBXFONT_DEPENDENCIES = host-freetype host-xlib_libfontenc host-xlib_xtrans host-xproto_fontcacheproto host-xproto_fontsproto host-xproto_xproto host-xfont_encodings
 
 $(eval $(call AUTOTARGETS,package/x11r7,xlib_libXfont))