diff --git a/packages/rlwrap/build.sh b/packages/rlwrap/build.sh
index 98fcb4c97..0e97e5bee 100644
--- a/packages/rlwrap/build.sh
+++ b/packages/rlwrap/build.sh
@@ -3,4 +3,6 @@ TERMUX_PKG_DESCRIPTION="Wrapper using readline to enable editing of keyboard inp
 TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=0.42
 TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=http://utopia.knoware.nl/~hlub/rlwrap/rlwrap-${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz
 TERMUX_PKG_EXTRA_CONFIGURE_ARGS="ptyttylib_cv_ptys=STREAMS ac_cv_func_grantpt=yes ac_cv_func_unlockpt=yes"
+# Avoid linking to libutil:
+TERMUX_PKG_EXTRA_CONFIGURE_ARGS+=" ac_cv_lib_util_openpty=no"
 TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS="readline"