diff --git a/package/x11r7/xlib_libXdmcp/xlib_libXdmcp.mk b/package/x11r7/xlib_libXdmcp/xlib_libXdmcp.mk
index 5a702e5ac4..7177ae8f93 100644
--- a/package/x11r7/xlib_libXdmcp/xlib_libXdmcp.mk
+++ b/package/x11r7/xlib_libXdmcp/xlib_libXdmcp.mk
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ XLIB_LIBXDMCP_SOURCE = libXdmcp-$(XLIB_LIBXDMCP_VERSION).tar.bz2
 XLIB_LIBXDMCP_SITE = http://xorg.freedesktop.org/releases/individual/lib
 XLIB_LIBXDMCP_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 XLIB_LIBXDMCP_DEPENDENCIES = xutil_util-macros xproto_xproto
+XLIB_LIBXDMCP_CONF_OPT = $(if $(BR2_HAVE_DOCUMENTATION),,--disable-docs)
+HOST_XLIB_LIBXDMCP_CONF_OPT = --disable-docs
 
 $(eval $(autotools-package))
 $(eval $(host-autotools-package))