diff --git a/package/madplay/madplay.mk b/package/madplay/madplay.mk
index 2606ac8d66..6b13819754 100644
--- a/package/madplay/madplay.mk
+++ b/package/madplay/madplay.mk
@@ -11,6 +11,14 @@ MADPLAY_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING COPYRIGHT
 MADPLAY_LIBTOOL_PATCH = NO
 MADPLAY_DEPENDENCIES = libmad libid3tag $(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_GETTEXT),gettext)
 
+# Workaround a bug in uClibc-ng, which exposes madvise() but doesn't
+# provide the corresponding MADV_* definitions. Bug reported at
+# http://mailman.uclibc-ng.org/pipermail/devel/2016-December/001306.html. madvise()
+# is anyway useless on noMMU.
+ifeq ($(BR2_USE_MMU),)
+MADPLAY_CONF_ENV += ac_cv_func_madvise=no
+endif
+
 # Check if ALSA is built, then we should configure after alsa-lib so
 # ./configure can find alsa-lib.
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_MADPLAY_ALSA),y)