diff --git a/packages/libpcap/build.sh b/packages/libpcap/build.sh
index 6381173e6..a93a3d89b 100644
--- a/packages/libpcap/build.sh
+++ b/packages/libpcap/build.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ TERMUX_PKG_DESCRIPTION="Library for network traffic capture"
 TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=1.8.1
 TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=http://www.tcpdump.org/release/libpcap-${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz
 TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=673dbc69fdc3f5a86fb5759ab19899039a8e5e6c631749e48dcd9c6f0c83541e
-TERMUX_PKG_EXTRA_CONFIGURE_ARGS="--with-pcap=linux"
+# ac_cv_lib_nl_3_nl_socket_alloc=no to avoid linking against libnl:
+TERMUX_PKG_EXTRA_CONFIGURE_ARGS="ac_cv_lib_nl_3_nl_socket_alloc=no --with-pcap=linux"
 TERMUX_PKG_RM_AFTER_INSTALL="bin/pcap-config share/man/man1/pcap-config.1"
 TERMUX_PKG_BUILD_IN_SRC="yes"