diff --git a/security/audit/audit.conf b/security/audit/audit.conf
index 377076573..6254f6c32 100644
--- a/security/audit/audit.conf
+++ b/security/audit/audit.conf
@@ -25,4 +25,7 @@ if pkginstalled -f openldap; then
 	pkgprefix -t openldap
 	var_append GCC_WRAPPER_APPEND ' ' "-I$root$( pkgprefix includedir openldap )"
 	var_append GCC_WRAPPER_APPEND ' ' "-L$root$( pkgprefix libdir openldap )"
+else
+	# hack for disabling the zos-remote plugin which depends on openldap
+	hook_add preconf 1 'sed -i -e "s/zos\-remote\ //" audisp/plugins/Makefile.in'
 fi