diff --git a/package/elfutils/elfutils.mk b/package/elfutils/elfutils.mk
index 87b51aa5b5..4d8cc43342 100644
--- a/package/elfutils/elfutils.mk
+++ b/package/elfutils/elfutils.mk
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ HOST_ELFUTILS_CONF_OPTS = \
 	--with-bzlib \
 	--with-lzma \
 	--without-zstd \
+	--disable-demangler \
 	--disable-progs
 
 ELFUTILS_LDFLAGS = $(TARGET_LDFLAGS) \