diff --git a/package/multimedia/mplayer/mplayer.mk b/package/multimedia/mplayer/mplayer.mk
index 9967dd92ec..17680b66a0 100644
--- a/package/multimedia/mplayer/mplayer.mk
+++ b/package/multimedia/mplayer/mplayer.mk
@@ -153,6 +153,9 @@ define MPLAYER_FIXUP_IPV6_MREQ_DETECTION
 endef
 
 MPLAYER_POST_CONFIGURE_HOOKS += MPLAYER_FIXUP_IPV6_MREQ_DETECTION
+MPLAYER_CONF_OPTS += --disable-inet6
+else
+MPLAYER_CONF_OPTS += --enable-inet6
 endif
 
 define MPLAYER_BUILD_CMDS