diff --git a/package/clamav/clamav.mk b/package/clamav/clamav.mk
index 10856ed971..bb95cb8d2b 100644
--- a/package/clamav/clamav.mk
+++ b/package/clamav/clamav.mk
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ CLAMAV_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING COPYING.bzip2 COPYING.file COPYING.getopt \
 	COPYING.unrar COPYING.zlib
 CLAMAV_CPE_ID_VENDOR = clamav
 CLAMAV_SELINUX_MODULES = clamav
+# affects only Cisco devices
+CLAMAV_IGNORE_CVES += CVE-2016-1405
 CLAMAV_DEPENDENCIES = \
 	host-pkgconf \
 	libcurl \