diff --git a/package/cegui/cegui.mk b/package/cegui/cegui.mk
index 747ebbb953..127d3b0fad 100644
--- a/package/cegui/cegui.mk
+++ b/package/cegui/cegui.mk
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ CEGUI_CONF_OPTS = \
 	-DCEGUI_BUILD_XMLPARSER_XERCES=OFF \
 	-DCEGUI_USE_FRIBIDI=OFF \
 	-DCEGUI_SAMPLES_ENABLED=OFF \
-	-DCEGUI_BUILD_APPLICATION_TEMPLATES=OFF
+	-DCEGUI_BUILD_APPLICATION_TEMPLATES=OFF \
+	-DCEGUI_BUILD_PYTHON_MODULES_SWIG=OFF
 CEGUI_DEPENDENCIES = glm \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGLFW),libglfw) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_LIBGL),libgl) \