diff --git a/package/collectd/collectd.mk b/package/collectd/collectd.mk
index 5751757040..e0f40095aa 100644
--- a/package/collectd/collectd.mk
+++ b/package/collectd/collectd.mk
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ COLLECTD_CONF_OPTS += \
 	--with-nan-emulation \
 	--with-fp-layout=$(COLLECTD_FP_LAYOUT) \
 	--with-perl-bindings=no \
+	--without-libupsclient \
 	--disable-werror \
 	$(foreach p, $(COLLECTD_PLUGINS_DISABLE), --disable-$(p)) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_COLLECTD_AGGREGATION),--enable-aggregation,--disable-aggregation) \