diff --git a/packages/addons/addon-depends/system-tools-depends/strace/package.mk b/packages/addons/addon-depends/system-tools-depends/strace/package.mk
index 0e3ea5a2d9..ca6be953e8 100644
--- a/packages/addons/addon-depends/system-tools-depends/strace/package.mk
+++ b/packages/addons/addon-depends/system-tools-depends/strace/package.mk
@@ -11,3 +11,7 @@ PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain"
 PKG_LONGDESC="strace is a diagnostic, debugging and instructional userspace utility"
 PKG_TOOLCHAIN="autotools"
 PKG_BUILD_FLAGS="-sysroot"
+
+if [ "${TARGET_ARCH}" = x86_64 ]; then
+  PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="--enable-mpers=no"
+fi