diff --git a/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/package.mk b/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/package.mk
index b59707326e..8f0fb05712 100644
--- a/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/package.mk
+++ b/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/package.mk
@@ -387,6 +387,7 @@ PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="gl_cv_func_gettimeofday_clobber=no \
                            $XBMC_NFS \
                            $XBMC_AFP \
                            $XBMC_VORBISENC \
+                           --disable-libcap \
                            --enable-ffmpeg-libvorbis \
                            $XBMC_LAMEENC \
                            $XBMC_DVDCSS \