diff --git a/package/dovecot/dovecot.mk b/package/dovecot/dovecot.mk
index 93d04fc8a1..cb1cc990a1 100644
--- a/package/dovecot/dovecot.mk
+++ b/package/dovecot/dovecot.mk
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ DOVECOT_DEPENDENCIES = \
 # add host-gettext for AM_ICONV macro
 DOVECOT_DEPENDENCIES += host-gettext
 
+# CVE-2016-4983 is an issue in a postinstall script in the dovecot rpm, which
+# is part of the Red Hat packaging and not part of upstream dovecot
+DOVECOT_IGNORE_CVES += CVE-2016-4983
+
 DOVECOT_CONF_ENV = \
 	RPCGEN=__disable_RPCGEN_rquota \
 	i_cv_epoll_works=yes \