diff --git a/tools/elfutils/Makefile b/tools/elfutils/Makefile
index 92eabc14dd..a701827248 100644
--- a/tools/elfutils/Makefile
+++ b/tools/elfutils/Makefile
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ HOST_CONFIGURE_ARGS += \
 	--disable-shared \
 	--enable-static \
 	--without-lzma \
+	--without-bzlib \
 	--without-zstd
 
 ifeq ($(HOST_OS),Darwin)