diff --git a/libs/pcre/configure.gnu b/libs/pcre/configure.gnu
index c78238de46..8240000164 100644
--- a/libs/pcre/configure.gnu
+++ b/libs/pcre/configure.gnu
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 srcpath=$(dirname $0 2>/dev/null )  || srcpath="." 
-$srcpath/configure "$@" --disable-shared --with-pic
+$srcpath/configure "$@" --disable-shared --with-pic --disable-cpp