diff --git a/package/network/services/lldpd/Makefile b/package/network/services/lldpd/Makefile
index 49940cdeea691fe28454d6c27cdbee5a5d4db273..31367833ec555d650832c6bae833784207963018 100644
--- a/package/network/services/lldpd/Makefile
+++ b/package/network/services/lldpd/Makefile
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ endef
 CONFIGURE_ARGS += \
 	--with-privsep-user=lldp \
 	--with-privsep-group=lldp \
-	--with-privsep-chroot=/var/run/lldp
+	--with-privsep-chroot=/var/run/lldp \
+	--with-readline=no
 
 $(eval $(call BuildPackage,lldpd))