diff --git a/packages/addons/service/multimedia/boblightd/build b/packages/addons/service/multimedia/boblightd/build
index 6c32ba94a2..b48f301cfe 100755
--- a/packages/addons/service/multimedia/boblightd/build
+++ b/packages/addons/service/multimedia/boblightd/build
@@ -24,12 +24,16 @@
 
 . config/options $1
 
+if [ ! "$OPENGL_SUPPORT" = "yes" ] ; then
+  EXTRAOPTS="--without-opengl"
+fi
 cd $PKG_BUILD
 ./configure --host=$TARGET_NAME \
             --build=$HOST_NAME \
             --prefix=/usr \
             --enable-shared \
             --disable-static \
+            $EXTRAOPTS \
             --without-portaudio \
 
 make