diff --git a/meta/classes/mime.bbclass b/meta/classes/mime.bbclass
index c349cdb6f7..dcdc27a74c 100644
--- a/meta/classes/mime.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/mime.bbclass
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 DEPENDS += "shared-mime-info-native shared-mime-info"
 
+EXTRA_OECONF += "--disable-update-mimedb"
+
 mime_postinst() {
 if [ "$1" = configure ]; then
 	UPDATEMIMEDB=`which update-mime-database`