diff --git a/network/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf b/network/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf
index 736dc61a6..322512455 100644
--- a/network/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf
+++ b/network/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ var_append confopt ' ' "--enable-fastcgi"
 
 if pkginstalled bzip2; then
 	var_append confopt ' ' "--with-bzip2"
+else
+	var_append confopt ' ' "--without-bzip2"
 fi
 
 if pkginstalled openssl; then