diff --git a/package/eudev/eudev.mk b/package/eudev/eudev.mk
index 4818ea54ac..e3d3d63192 100644
--- a/package/eudev/eudev.mk
+++ b/package/eudev/eudev.mk
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_EUDEV_RULES_GEN),y)
 EUDEV_CONF_OPTS += --enable-rule-generator
+else
+EUDEV_CONF_OPTS += --disable-rule-generator
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_EUDEV_ENABLE_HWDB),y)