diff --git a/security/csprng/csprng.conf b/security/csprng/csprng.conf
index 3101736c3..85f027eb5 100644
--- a/security/csprng/csprng.conf
+++ b/security/csprng/csprng.conf
@@ -19,4 +19,8 @@ hook_add preconf 9 'autoreconf -vfi'
 if atstage cross; then
 	# always assuming a "gnu compatible" malloc
 	var_append configcache ' ' "ac_cv_func_malloc_0_nonnull=yes"
+
+	# disable http rng feature because it is implemented in C++
+	# and our stage 0 compile only supports C
+	var_append extraconfopt ' ' "--disable-http-rng"
 fi