diff --git a/package/gupnp/gupnp.mk b/package/gupnp/gupnp.mk
index 612359ba55..66a6e76574 100644
--- a/package/gupnp/gupnp.mk
+++ b/package/gupnp/gupnp.mk
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ GUPNP_LICENSE = LGPL-2.0+
 GUPNP_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 GUPNP_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 GUPNP_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf libglib2 libxml2 gssdp util-linux
+GUPNP_CONF_OPTS = -Dexamples=false
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_GOBJECT_INTROSPECTION),y)
 GUPNP_CONF_OPTS += -Dintrospection=true