diff --git a/package/busybox/busybox.mk b/package/busybox/busybox.mk
index d0bbd3fd6e..f17c20bf54 100644
--- a/package/busybox/busybox.mk
+++ b/package/busybox/busybox.mk
@@ -248,6 +248,10 @@ define BUSYBOX_LINUX_PAM
 	$(call KCONFIG_ENABLE_OPT,CONFIG_PAM,$(BUSYBOX_BUILD_CONFIG))
 endef
 BUSYBOX_DEPENDENCIES += linux-pam
+else
+define BUSYBOX_LINUX_PAM
+	$(call KCONFIG_DISABLE_OPT,CONFIG_PAM,$(BUSYBOX_BUILD_CONFIG))
+endef
 endif
 
 # Telnet support