diff --git a/package/libnss/libnss.mk b/package/libnss/libnss.mk
index b1e10749c4..c7354290b1 100644
--- a/package/libnss/libnss.mk
+++ b/package/libnss/libnss.mk
@@ -57,7 +57,8 @@ LIBNSS_BUILD_VARS = \
 	OS_ARCH="Linux" \
 	OS_RELEASE="2.6" \
 	OS_TEST=$(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBNSS_ARCH) \
-	NSS_ENABLE_WERROR=0
+	NSS_ENABLE_WERROR=0 \
+	FREEBL_NO_DEPEND=1
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_POWERPC_CPU_HAS_ALTIVEC),)
 # Disable Altivec if not supported
@@ -136,7 +137,8 @@ HOST_LIBNSS_BUILD_VARS = \
 	NSS_USE_SYSTEM_SQLITE=1 \
 	SQLITE_INCLUDE_DIR=$(HOST_DIR)/include \
 	ZLIB_INCLUDE_DIR=$(HOST_DIR)/include \
-	NSS_ENABLE_WERROR=0
+	NSS_ENABLE_WERROR=0 \
+	FREEBL_NO_DEPEND=1
 
 HOST_LIBNSS_DEPENDENCIES = host-libnspr host-sqlite host-zlib