diff --git a/package/apparmor/apparmor.mk b/package/apparmor/apparmor.mk
index 311a79799f..9180fcd803 100644
--- a/package/apparmor/apparmor.mk
+++ b/package/apparmor/apparmor.mk
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ APPARMOR_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE parser/COPYING.GPL
 APPARMOR_DEPENDENCIES = libapparmor
 
 APPARMOR_TOOLS = parser
-APPARMOR_MAKE_OPTS = USE_SYSTEM=1
+APPARMOR_MAKE_OPTS = USE_SYSTEM=1 DISTRO=unknown
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_APPARMOR_BINUTILS),y)
 APPARMOR_TOOLS += binutils