diff --git a/package/postgresql/postgresql.mk b/package/postgresql/postgresql.mk
index 382f3209ee..2bad6b4d05 100644
--- a/package/postgresql/postgresql.mk
+++ b/package/postgresql/postgresql.mk
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ POSTGRESQL_CONF_ENV = ac_cv_type_struct_sockaddr_in6=yes \
 		      pgac_cv_snprintf_long_long_int_format="%lld" \
 		      pgac_cv_snprintf_size_t_support=yes
 POSTGRESQL_AUTORECONF = YES
+POSTGRESQL_CONF_OPTS = --disable-rpath
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_UCLIBC),y)
 # PostgreSQL does not build against uClibc with locales