diff --git a/package/berkeleydb/berkeleydb.mk b/package/berkeleydb/berkeleydb.mk
index 6c487400ae..46838ca85c 100644
--- a/package/berkeleydb/berkeleydb.mk
+++ b/package/berkeleydb/berkeleydb.mk
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ define BERKELEYDB_CONFIGURE_CMDS
 		--with-pic \
 		--enable-o_direct \
 		$(if $(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS),--enable-mutexsupport,--disable-mutexsupport) \
+		$(if $(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS),--enable-replication,--disable-replication) \
 	)
 endef