diff --git a/vars/build.vars b/vars/build.vars
index 0b8ffb4..53ef043 100644
--- a/vars/build.vars
+++ b/vars/build.vars
@@ -732,6 +732,7 @@ LEAF_PACKAGES_PREFIX="${PREFIX_NATIVE}";
 : ${PKG_MTR_SHA256SUM:=f2979db9e2f41aa8e6574e7771767c9afe111d9213814eb47f5e1e71876e4382};
 : ${PKG_MTR_VERSION:=0.92};
 : ${PKG_MTR_URL:=ftp://ftp.bitwizard.nl/mtr/mtr-${PKG_MTR_VERSION}.tar.gz};
+: ${PKG_MTR_DISABLED:=1};
 : ${PKG_M4_SHA256SUM:=f2c1e86ca0a404ff281631bdc8377638992744b175afb806e25871a24a934e07};
 : ${PKG_M4_VERSION:=1.4.18};
 : ${PKG_M4_URL:=https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/m4/m4-${PKG_M4_VERSION}.tar.xz};