diff --git a/package/flann/flann.mk b/package/flann/flann.mk
index e777fd8b2e..ef61815bba 100644
--- a/package/flann/flann.mk
+++ b/package/flann/flann.mk
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ FLANN_CONF_OPTS = \
 	-DBUILD_MATLAB_BINDINGS=OFF \
 	-DBUILD_EXAMPLES=$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_FLANN_EXAMPLES),ON,OFF) \
 	-DUSE_OPENMP=$(if $(BR2_GCC_ENABLE_OPENMP),ON,OFF) \
-	-DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE=OFF
+	-DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE=OFF \
+	-DCMAKE_DISABLE_FIND_PACKAGE_HDF5=TRUE
 
 $(eval $(cmake-package))