diff --git a/build/autoconf/lustre-build.m4 b/build/autoconf/lustre-build.m4
index 86e4c9ab14d31354eb9503b41a6105e2261510ba..f4123bc0daa2c5867a381c2329881b7c3f5c1f21 100644
--- a/build/autoconf/lustre-build.m4
+++ b/build/autoconf/lustre-build.m4
@@ -279,6 +279,7 @@ if test x$enable_bgl != xno; then
         enable_tests='no'
         enable_server='no'
         enable_liblustre='no'
+        enable_libreadline='no'
 fi
 ])