diff --git a/package/screen/screen.mk b/package/screen/screen.mk
index 74453faff8..c85abaf411 100644
--- a/package/screen/screen.mk
+++ b/package/screen/screen.mk
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ SCREEN_SELINUX_MODULES = screen
 SCREEN_DEPENDENCIES = ncurses
 SCREEN_AUTORECONF = YES
 SCREEN_CONF_ENV = CFLAGS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS)"
-SCREEN_CONF_OPTS = --enable-colors256
+SCREEN_CONF_OPTS = --enable-colors256 --enable-socket-dir
 SCREEN_INSTALL_TARGET_OPTS = DESTDIR=$(TARGET_DIR) SCREEN=screen install_bin
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBXCRYPT),y)