diff --git a/package/x264/x264.mk b/package/x264/x264.mk
index 6352ba39a3..1e198bc640 100644
--- a/package/x264/x264.mk
+++ b/package/x264/x264.mk
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ X264_LICENSE = GPLv2+
 X264_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf
 X264_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 X264_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
+X264_CONF_OPTS = --disable-avs
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_i386)$(BR2_x86_64),y)
 X264_DEPENDENCIES += host-yasm