diff --git a/package/transmission/transmission.mk b/package/transmission/transmission.mk
index 32e8e70789..f10fa190c8 100644
--- a/package/transmission/transmission.mk
+++ b/package/transmission/transmission.mk
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ TRANSMISSION_DEPENDENCIES = \
 	zlib
 TRANSMISSION_AUTORECONF = YES
 TRANSMISSION_CONF_OPTS = \
-	--disable-libnotify \
+	--without-inotify \
 	--enable-lightweight
 TRANSMISSION_LICENSE = GPL-2.0 or GPL-3.0 with OpenSSL exception
 TRANSMISSION_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING