diff --git a/package/coreutils/coreutils.mk b/package/coreutils/coreutils.mk
index 2c12e8ef2f..cf42a8aff8 100644
--- a/package/coreutils/coreutils.mk
+++ b/package/coreutils/coreutils.mk
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ COREUTILS_CONF_ENV = ac_cv_c_restrict=no \
 	gl_cv_func_tzset_clobber=no \
 	gl_cv_func_working_mkstemp=yes \
 	gl_cv_func_working_utimes=yes \
+	gl_cv_macro_MB_CUR_MAX_good=yes \
 	gl_getline_needs_run_time_check=no \
 	gl_cv_have_proc_uptime=yes \
 	utils_cv_localtime_cache=no \