diff --git a/package/qemu/qemu.mk b/package/qemu/qemu.mk
index 520618cd55..69949cfd7b 100644
--- a/package/qemu/qemu.mk
+++ b/package/qemu/qemu.mk
@@ -354,6 +354,7 @@ define HOST_QEMU_CONFIGURE_CMDS
 		--disable-bzip2 \
 		--disable-containers \
 		--disable-curl \
+		--disable-docs \
 		--disable-libssh \
 		--disable-linux-io-uring \
 		--disable-sdl \