diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 391f5384..31f83002 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -238,6 +238,7 @@ EOF
               tar --gunzip --extract --file libcap.tar.gz
               rm libcap.tar.gz
               cd libcap-*/libcap
+              prefix=$QP_ROOT make BUILD_GPERF=no
               prefix=$QP_ROOT make install
 EOF