diff --git a/chapter05/make.xml b/chapter05/make.xml
index 5f895c49d..2d054dd9e 100644
--- a/chapter05/make.xml
+++ b/chapter05/make.xml
@@ -45,9 +45,23 @@
     <para>Prepare Make for compilation:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr   \
+            --without-guile \
             --host=$LFS_TGT \
             --build=$(build-aux/config.guess)</userinput></screen>
 
+    <variablelist>
+      <title>The meaning of the new configure option:</title>
+
+      <varlistentry>
+        <term><parameter>--without-guile</parameter></term>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>Although we are cross-compiling, configure tries to use
+          guile from the build host if it finds it. This makes compilation
+          fail, so this switch prevents using it.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+    </variablelist>
+
     <para>Compile the package:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>