diff --git a/package/opentracing-cpp/opentracing-cpp.mk b/package/opentracing-cpp/opentracing-cpp.mk
index d466a80237..0605cd5d96 100644
--- a/package/opentracing-cpp/opentracing-cpp.mk
+++ b/package/opentracing-cpp/opentracing-cpp.mk
@@ -22,4 +22,6 @@ else ifeq ($(BR2_SHARED_LIBS),y)
 OPENTRACING_CPP_CONF_OPTS += -DBUILD_STATIC_LIBS=OFF
 endif
 
+OPENTRACING_CPP_CONF_OPTS += -DENABLE_LINTING=OFF
+
 $(eval $(cmake-package))