diff --git a/package/botan/botan.mk b/package/botan/botan.mk
index 39a2c4c72b..e352fab6c9 100644
--- a/package/botan/botan.mk
+++ b/package/botan/botan.mk
@@ -74,6 +74,10 @@ ifeq ($(BR2_POWERPC_CPU_HAS_ALTIVEC),)
 BOTAN_CONF_OPTS += --disable-altivec
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_ARM_CPU_HAS_NEON),)
+BOTAN_CONF_OPTS += --disable-neon
+endif
+
 define BOTAN_CONFIGURE_CMDS
 	(cd $(@D); $(TARGET_MAKE_ENV) ./configure.py $(BOTAN_CONF_OPTS))
 endef