diff --git a/extra/libreoffice-fresh/PKGBUILD b/extra/libreoffice-fresh/PKGBUILD
index 64423476b..5e95f5083 100644
--- a/extra/libreoffice-fresh/PKGBUILD
+++ b/extra/libreoffice-fresh/PKGBUILD
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 # ALARM: Kevin Mihelich <kevin@archlinuxarm.org>
 #  - make build-nocheck: unit tests take a huge amount of time on ARM
+#  - disable firebird until libfbclient is updated
 
 buildarch=28
 highmem=1
@@ -230,7 +231,7 @@ build() {
 		--with-system-libmwaw \
 		--with-system-libetonyek \
 		--without-system-libfreehand \
-		--without-system-firebird \
+		--disable-firebird-sdbc \
 		--with-system-libtommath \
 		--with-system-libatomic-ops \
 		--with-system-libebook \