diff --git a/groups/010.host_deps.group b/groups/010.host_deps.group
index 7687eb7..7f0008c 100644
--- a/groups/010.host_deps.group
+++ b/groups/010.host_deps.group
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ HOST_DEPS_PREFIX="${PREFIX}";
 : ${PKG_FILE_HOST_SHA256SUM:=c076fb4d029c74073f15c43361ef572cfb868407d347190ba834af3b1639b0e4};
 : ${PKG_FILE_HOST_VERSION:=5.42};
 : ${PKG_FILE_HOST_URL:=http://ftp.astron.com/pub/file/file-${PKG_FILE_HOST_VERSION}.tar.gz};
+: ${PKG_FILE_HOST_CONFIGURE_ARGS_EXTRA:="--disable-xzlib"};
 : ${PKG_FLEX_HOST_DEPENDS:="bison_host"};
 : ${PKG_FLEX_HOST_SHA256SUM:=e87aae032bf07c26f85ac0ed3250998c37621d95f8bd748b31f15b33c45ee995};
 : ${PKG_FLEX_HOST_VERSION:=2.6.4};