diff --git a/package/rsync/rsync.mk b/package/rsync/rsync.mk
index 2449cbdc5e..bf789df671 100644
--- a/package/rsync/rsync.mk
+++ b/package/rsync/rsync.mk
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ RSYNC_VERSION:=3.0.5
 RSYNC_SOURCE:=rsync-$(RSYNC_VERSION).tar.gz
 RSYNC_SITE:=http://rsync.samba.org/ftp/rsync/src
 RSYNC_AUTORECONF:=no
+RSYNC_USE_CONFIG_CACHE:=no
 RSYNC_INSTALL_STAGING:=NO
 RSYNC_INSTALL_TARGET:=YES
 ifeq ($(BR2_ENABLE_DEBUG),y)