diff --git a/package/xen/xen.mk b/package/xen/xen.mk
index bd8a39f639..92629a3d86 100644
--- a/package/xen/xen.mk
+++ b/package/xen/xen.mk
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ XEN_MAKE_ENV = \
 	XEN_TARGET_ARCH=$(XEN_ARCH) \
 	CROSS_COMPILE=$(TARGET_CROSS) \
 	HOST_EXTRACFLAGS="-Wno-error" \
+	XEN_HAS_CHECKPOLICY=n \
 	$(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS)
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_XEN_HYPERVISOR),y)