diff --git a/package/nftables/nftables.mk b/package/nftables/nftables.mk
index 6a27975a53..2409eb0571 100644
--- a/package/nftables/nftables.mk
+++ b/package/nftables/nftables.mk
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ NFTABLES_SITE = https://www.netfilter.org/projects/nftables/files
 NFTABLES_DEPENDENCIES = libmnl libnftnl host-pkgconf $(TARGET_NLS_DEPENDENCIES)
 NFTABLES_LICENSE = GPL-2.0
 NFTABLES_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
-NFTABLES_CONF_OPTS = --disable-man-doc --disable-pdf-doc
+NFTABLES_CONF_OPTS = --disable-debug --disable-man-doc --disable-pdf-doc
 NFTABLES_SELINUX_MODULES = iptables
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_GMP),y)