diff --git a/package/libmemcached/libmemcached-01-disable-tests.patch b/package/libmemcached/libmemcached-01-disable-tests.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d7da101c24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/libmemcached/libmemcached-01-disable-tests.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+Disable the tests, cuts build time by half and avoids build issues
+with extra dependencies.
+
+Signed-off-by: Gustavo Zacarias <gustavo@zacarias.com.ar>
+
+diff -Nura libmemcached-1.0.18.orig/Makefile.am libmemcached-1.0.18/Makefile.am
+--- libmemcached-1.0.18.orig/Makefile.am	2014-07-19 08:43:15.127031040 -0300
++++ libmemcached-1.0.18/Makefile.am	2014-07-19 08:48:11.327068987 -0300
+@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@
+ include libmemcachedinternal/util/include.am
+ include rpm/include.mk
+ include support/include.am
+-include tests/include.am
+ include util/include.am
+ include win32/include.am
+ 
diff --git a/package/libmemcached/libmemcached.mk b/package/libmemcached/libmemcached.mk
index d901e70072..fd5b4182f1 100644
--- a/package/libmemcached/libmemcached.mk
+++ b/package/libmemcached/libmemcached.mk
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ LIBMEMCACHED_CONF_ENV = ac_cv_prog_cc_c99='-std=gnu99'
 LIBMEMCACHED_CONF_OPT = --disable-dtrace
 LIBMEMCACHED_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 LIBMEMCACHED_DEPENDENCIES = $(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBEVENT),libevent)
+# For libmemcached-01-disable-tests.patch
+LIBMEMCACHED_AUTORECONF = YES
 LIBMEMCACHED_LICENSE = BSD-3c
 LIBMEMCACHED_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING