diff --git a/package/links/links.mk b/package/links/links.mk
index 43f21d69fd..ec1771e3f4 100644
--- a/package/links/links.mk
+++ b/package/links/links.mk
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ LINKS_DEPENDENCIES += tiff
 else
 LINKS_CONF_OPTS += --without-libtiff
 endif
+else
+LINKS_CONF_OPTS += --disable-graphics
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_BZIP2),y)