diff --git a/packages/addons/addon-depends/network-tools-depends/depends/libpcap/package.mk b/packages/addons/addon-depends/network-tools-depends/depends/libpcap/package.mk
index bac8a24f88..10370c344f 100644
--- a/packages/addons/addon-depends/network-tools-depends/depends/libpcap/package.mk
+++ b/packages/addons/addon-depends/network-tools-depends/depends/libpcap/package.mk
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ PKG_SITE="http://www.tcpdump.org/"
 PKG_URL="http://www.tcpdump.org/release/libpcap-${PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz"
 PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain"
 PKG_LONGDESC="A portable framework for low-level network monitoring."
+# use configure, not cmake. review cmake in future release.
+PKG_TOOLCHAIN="configure"
 
 PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="LIBS=-lpthread \
                            ac_cv_header_libusb_1_0_libusb_h=no \