diff --git a/package/netcat/netcat.mk b/package/netcat/netcat.mk
index 31f6b716c9..f8263ef351 100644
--- a/package/netcat/netcat.mk
+++ b/package/netcat/netcat.mk
@@ -10,5 +10,6 @@ NETCAT_SITE=http://$(BR2_SOURCEFORGE_MIRROR).dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/netc
 NETCAT_AUTORECONF:=NO
 NETCAT_INSTALL_STAGING:=NO
 NETCAT_INSTALL_TARGET:=YES
+NETCAT_CONF_OPT = --program-prefix=''
 
 $(eval $(call AUTOTARGETS,package,netcat))