diff --git a/package/cryptopp/cryptopp.mk b/package/cryptopp/cryptopp.mk
index 5e6eb9644d..4353e35e0a 100644
--- a/package/cryptopp/cryptopp.mk
+++ b/package/cryptopp/cryptopp.mk
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@ ifneq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_9),y)
 CRYPTOPP_CXXFLAGS += -DCRYPTOPP_DISABLE_AVX2
 endif
 
+ifneq ($(BR2_ARM_CPU_HAS_NEON),y)
+CRYPTOPP_CXXFLAGS += -DCRYPTOPP_DISABLE_ARM_NEON
+endif
+
 CRYPTOPP_MAKE_OPTS = \
 	$(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) \
 	CXXFLAGS="$(CRYPTOPP_CXXFLAGS)"