diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/busybox/busybox.inc b/meta/recipes-core/busybox/busybox.inc
index 638b40c758f..4ebaeb92c97 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/busybox/busybox.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/busybox/busybox.inc
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ SECTION = "base"
 # Whether to split the suid apps into a seperate binary
 BUSYBOX_SPLIT_SUID ?= "1"
 
+CFLAGS:append:toolchain-clang = " -DBB_GLOBAL_CONST=''"
 export EXTRA_CFLAGS = "${CFLAGS}"
 export EXTRA_LDFLAGS = "${LDFLAGS}"