diff --git a/packages/linux/package.mk b/packages/linux/package.mk
index 2c446eae5e..539f66b466 100644
--- a/packages/linux/package.mk
+++ b/packages/linux/package.mk
@@ -229,6 +229,7 @@ make_target() {
       NO_GTK2=1 \
       NO_LIBNUMA=1 \
       NO_LIBAUDIT=1 \
+      NO_LIBTRACEEVENT=1 \
       NO_LZMA=1 \
       NO_SDT=1 \
       CROSS_COMPILE="${TARGET_PREFIX}" \