diff --git a/package/pciutils/pciutils.mk b/package/pciutils/pciutils.mk
index 24f250eaa9..d3a0e2072c 100644
--- a/package/pciutils/pciutils.mk
+++ b/package/pciutils/pciutils.mk
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ PCIUTILS_MAKE_OPTS = \
 	LDFLAGS="$(TARGET_LDFLAGS)" \
 	RANLIB=$(TARGET_RANLIB) \
 	AR=$(TARGET_AR) \
-	PCIUTILS_DNS=no
+	DNS=no
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_UDEV),y)
 PCIUTILS_DEPENDENCIES += udev