diff --git a/packages/linux/unpack b/packages/linux/unpack
index 71072dae80..3a42225898 100755
--- a/packages/linux/unpack
+++ b/packages/linux/unpack
@@ -55,6 +55,11 @@ sed -i -e "s|^CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE=.*$|CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE=\"$ROOT/$BUILD
     sed -i -e "s|^CONFIG_NFS_FS=.*$|# CONFIG_NFS_FS is not set|" $LINUX/.config
   fi
 
+# disable cifs support if not enabled
+  if [ ! "$SAMBA_SUPPORT" = yes ]; then
+    sed -i -e "s|^CONFIG_CIFS=.*$|# CONFIG_CIFS is not set|" $LINUX/.config
+  fi
+
 # disable iscsi support if not enabled
   if [ ! "$ISCSI_SUPPORT" = yes ]; then
     sed -i -e "s|^CONFIG_SCSI_ISCSI_ATTRS=.*$|# CONFIG_SCSI_ISCSI_ATTRS is not set|" $LINUX/.config