diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/appstream/appstream_0.16.2.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/appstream/appstream_0.16.2.bb
index 1ba4521834..240e63a1bd 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/appstream/appstream_0.16.2.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/appstream/appstream_0.16.2.bb
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ PACKAGECONFIG[stemming] = "-Dstemming=true,-Dstemming=false,libstemmer"
 
 FILES:${PN} += "${datadir}"
 
+EXTRA_OEMESON:append = " -Ddocs=false"
 EXTRA_OEMESON:class-target += "--cross-file=${WORKDIR}/meson-${PN}.cross"
 
 do_write_config:append:class-target() {