diff --git a/package/check/check.mk b/package/check/check.mk
index be82539469..ccffd08ee3 100644
--- a/package/check/check.mk
+++ b/package/check/check.mk
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ CHECK_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 CHECK_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf
 CHECK_LICENSE = LGPL-2.1+
 CHECK_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING.LESSER
+CHECK_CONF_OPTS = --disable-build-docs
 
 # Having checkmk in the target makes no sense
 define CHECK_REMOVE_CHECKMK