diff --git a/package/rpm/rpm.mk b/package/rpm/rpm.mk
index 0230befa4c..c7db76aed4 100644
--- a/package/rpm/rpm.mk
+++ b/package/rpm/rpm.mk
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ RPM_CONF_OPT = --disable-build-versionscript --disable-rpath \
 	--with-zlib=$(STAGING_DIR) \
 	--with-libbeecrypt=$(STAGING_DIR) \
 	--with-popt=$(STAGING_DIR) \
+	--disable-mutexsupport \
 	$(DISABLE_NLS)
 
 RPM_INSTALL_TARGET_OPT=DESTDIR=$(TARGET_DIR) program_transform_name= install