diff --git a/groups.d/261.native_packages_x11.d/xterm.package b/groups.d/261.native_packages_x11.d/xterm.package
index ada1db4..27eab40 100644
--- a/groups.d/261.native_packages_x11.d/xterm.package
+++ b/groups.d/261.native_packages_x11.d/xterm.package
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 : ${PKG_XTERM_URL:=ftp://ftp.invisible-island.net/xterm/xterm-${PKG_XTERM_VERSION}.tgz};
 : ${PKG_XTERM_CONFIGURE_ARGS_EXTRA:="--disable-setuid --disable-setgid --disable-full-tgetent --enable-ansi-color --enable-88-color --enable-256-color --enable-broken-osc --enable-broken-st --enable-load-vt-fonts --enable-i18n --enable-doublechars --enable-warnings --enable-tcap-query --enable-logging --enable-dabbrev --enable-freetype --enable-luit --enable-mini-luit --enable-narrowproto --enable-exec-xterm --enable-sixel-graphics --with-utempter"};
 : ${PKG_XTERM_ENV_VARS_EXTRA:=LIBS=-lncurses -ltinfo};
+: ${PKG_XTERM_DISABLED:=1};
 
 ex_pkg_register "xterm" "${RTL_FILEOP_SOURCE_FNAME}" "native_packages";