diff --git a/package/kernel/lantiq/ltq-vdsl-mei/Makefile b/package/kernel/lantiq/ltq-vdsl-mei/Makefile
index 7e7107f356..1816bbeea8 100644
--- a/package/kernel/lantiq/ltq-vdsl-mei/Makefile
+++ b/package/kernel/lantiq/ltq-vdsl-mei/Makefile
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://downloads.openwrt.org/sources/
 PKG_MD5SUM:=cf2fccc1bc72390b2aec46650abf2f20
 PKG_FIXUP:=autoreconf
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=John Crispin <blogic@openwrt.org>
+PKG_USE_MIPS16:=0
 
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk