diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-connectivity/libtorrent/libtorrent_git.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-connectivity/libtorrent/libtorrent_git.bb
index 28a3e1e77a..3a7eb91f56 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-connectivity/libtorrent/libtorrent_git.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-connectivity/libtorrent/libtorrent_git.bb
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ SRCREV = "756f70010779927dc0691e1e722ed433d5d295e1"
 
 CVE_CHECK_IGNORE += "\
     CVE-2009-1760 \
+    CVE-2016-5301 \
 "
 
 PV = "0.13.8"