diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 6dd03ea4089..8676ed316dc 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -885,7 +885,7 @@ PKGCONFIG_LIBDIR_TEMP="$PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR"
 unset PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR
 PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR="$PKGCONFIG_LIBDIR_TEMP"
 
-ac_configure_args="${ac_configure_args} --disable-shared --with-pic"
+ac_configure_args="${ac_configure_args} --disable-shared --with-pic --with-bignum=no"
 AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS([src/secp256k1])
 
 AC_OUTPUT