diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/nmap/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/nmap/package.py
index 1fbefc109d3..11286efbbfe 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/nmap/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/nmap/package.py
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ class Nmap(AutotoolsPackage):
     def configure_args(self):
         args = []
 
+        # https://github.com/nmap/nmap/issues/2144
+        args.append("--disable-rdma")
+
         args += self.with_or_without('liblua')
         args += self.with_or_without('ncat')
         args += self.with_or_without('ndiff')