diff --git a/package/libmicrohttpd/libmicrohttpd.mk b/package/libmicrohttpd/libmicrohttpd.mk
index e3ad026e71..8d5395ddab 100644
--- a/package/libmicrohttpd/libmicrohttpd.mk
+++ b/package/libmicrohttpd/libmicrohttpd.mk
@@ -20,4 +20,9 @@ LIBMICROHTTPD_LICENSE = LGPLv2.1+ or eCos
 LIBMICROHTTPD_CONF_OPT += --disable-https
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_avr32),y)
+# no epoll_create1
+LIBMICROHTTPD_CONF_OPT += --disable-epoll
+endif
+
 $(eval $(autotools-package))