diff --git a/meta/site/common b/meta/site/common
index 5da3ff4..1214a13 100644
--- a/meta/site/common
+++ b/meta/site/common
@@ -15,3 +15,5 @@ shadow_cv_utmpdir=${localstatedir}/run
  shadow_cv_logdir=${localstatedir}/log
  shadow_cv_passwd_dir=${bindir}

+# python: deactivate a runtime check for ipv6-support in python >=2.7.1 
that fails when cross-compiling