diff --git a/package/ipmiutil/ipmiutil.mk b/package/ipmiutil/ipmiutil.mk
index 8e281d408f..c3d791cc38 100644
--- a/package/ipmiutil/ipmiutil.mk
+++ b/package/ipmiutil/ipmiutil.mk
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ IPMIUTIL_LICENSE = BSD-3c
 IPMIUTIL_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 # We're patching configure.ac
 IPMIUTIL_AUTORECONF = YES
-
+# tests against distro libcrypto so it might get a false positive when
+# the openssl version is old, so force it off
+IPMIUTIL_CONF_OPTS = CPPFLAGS="$(TARGET_CPPFLAGS) -DSKIP_MD2"
 IPMIUTIL_DEPENDENCIES = openssl
 
 $(eval $(autotools-package))