diff --git a/package/botan/botan.mk b/package/botan/botan.mk
index b933e99785..7c290f04ad 100644
--- a/package/botan/botan.mk
+++ b/package/botan/botan.mk
@@ -90,6 +90,10 @@ ifeq ($(BR2_ARM_CPU_HAS_NEON),)
 BOTAN_CONF_OPTS += --disable-neon
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_SOFT_FLOAT),y)
+BOTAN_CONF_OPTS += --disable-neon
+endif
+
 define BOTAN_CONFIGURE_CMDS
 	(cd $(@D); $(TARGET_MAKE_ENV) ./configure.py $(BOTAN_CONF_OPTS))
 endef