diff --git a/package/opkg/files/opkg.conf b/package/opkg/files/opkg.conf
index 35451a0d37..2ecf2a5c58 100644
--- a/package/opkg/files/opkg.conf
+++ b/package/opkg/files/opkg.conf
@@ -2,3 +2,6 @@ src/gz snapshots http://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/$S/packages
 dest root /
 dest ram /tmp
 lists_dir ext /var/opkg-lists
+# XXX: disable checking for available storage space until we 
+#      figure how to do it properly on all fs layouts
+option force_space