diff --git a/audio/pulseaudio/pulseaudio.conf b/audio/pulseaudio/pulseaudio.conf
index 213a581ae..c709ce251 100644
--- a/audio/pulseaudio/pulseaudio.conf
+++ b/audio/pulseaudio/pulseaudio.conf
@@ -16,3 +16,7 @@
 var_insert GCC_WRAPPER_APPEND " " "-std=gnu99"
 
 #var_append extraconfopt ' ' '--disable-static --disable-rpath --with-system-user=pulse --with-system-group=pulse --with-access-group=pulse-access --disable-hal'
+
+# disable optional TCP wrappers support
+# TODO: we need to patch tcp_wrappers to be able to link against libwrap
+var_append extraconfopt ' ' '--disable-tcpwrap'