diff --git a/package/multimedia/alsa-lib/alsa-lib.mk b/package/multimedia/alsa-lib/alsa-lib.mk
index 019879b5ab..a929950435 100644
--- a/package/multimedia/alsa-lib/alsa-lib.mk
+++ b/package/multimedia/alsa-lib/alsa-lib.mk
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON),y)
 ALSA_LIB_CONFIGURE_OPTS += --with-pythonlibs=-lpython$(PYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR)
+else
+ALSA_LIB_CONFIGURE_OPTS += --disable-python
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_SOFT_FLOAT),y)