diff --git a/games/openmw/Makefile b/games/openmw/Makefile
index fde42a065405..8883222b2547 100644
--- a/games/openmw/Makefile
+++ b/games/openmw/Makefile
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ USE_QT=		core gui network opengl printsupport widgets buildtools_build \
 USE_SDL=	sdl2
 
 CMAKE_ARGS=	-DDESIRED_QT_VERSION=5 \
+		-DOPENMW_USE_SYSTEM_BULLET=OFF \
 		-DGLOBAL_DATA_PATH="${PREFIX}/share" \
 		-DMORROWIND_DATA_FILES="${DATADIR}/data" \
 		-DOPENMW_RESOURCE_FILES="${DATADIR}/resources"