diff --git a/Documentation/vDSO/Makefile b/Documentation/vDSO/Makefile
index d87bb29afd2afbf52ad062eda9a7742cecad60d2..2b99e57207c161db7fa442f16ff99e16414a1a79 100644
--- a/Documentation/vDSO/Makefile
+++ b/Documentation/vDSO/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-# List of programs to build
-hostprogs-y := vdso_test
+# vdso_test won't build for glibc < 2.16, so disable it
+# hostprogs-y := vdso_test
 hostprogs-$(CONFIG_X86) := vdso_standalone_test_x86
 vdso_standalone_test_x86-objs := vdso_standalone_test_x86.o parse_vdso.o
 vdso_test-objs := parse_vdso.o vdso_test.o