diff --git a/package/znc/znc.mk b/package/znc/znc.mk
index 54dc63f4ea..3932c98020 100644
--- a/package/znc/znc.mk
+++ b/package/znc/znc.mk
@@ -42,9 +42,12 @@ ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_ICU)$(BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3),yy)
 ZNC_DEPENDENCIES += python3 host-swig
 ZNC_CONF_OPTS += \
 	-DWANT_PYTHON=ON \
-	-DWANT_PYTHON_VERSION=python3
+	-DWANT_PYTHON_VERSION=python3 \
+	-DWANT_SWIG=ON
 else
-ZNC_CONF_OPTS += -DWANT_PYTHON=OFF
+ZNC_CONF_OPTS += \
+	-DWANT_PYTHON=OFF \
+	-DWANT_SWIG=OFF
 endif
 
 $(eval $(cmake-package))