diff --git a/package/libgit2/libgit2.mk b/package/libgit2/libgit2.mk
index e5d17fa3dd..668fa758f8 100644
--- a/package/libgit2/libgit2.mk
+++ b/package/libgit2/libgit2.mk
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ LIBGIT2_CONF_OPTS = \
 	-DUSE_ICONV=ON \
 	-DREGEX_BACKEND=regcomp \
 	-DUSE_HTTP_PARSER=system \
+	-DUSE_NTLMCLIENT=OFF \
 	-DTHREADSAFE=$(if $(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS),ON,OFF)
 
 LIBGIT2_DEPENDENCIES = zlib libhttpparser