diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 1b19ba436..461bca499 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = gnu 1.6
 
 # make sure we pass the correct jimtcl flags to distcheck
-DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS = --with-jim-ext=nvp --disable-lineedit
+DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS = --with-jim-ext=nvp --disable-lineedit --disable-install-jim
 
 nobase_dist_pkgdata_DATA = \
 	contrib/libdcc/dcc_stdio.c \
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 8c77a2554..a1ca00580 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -774,7 +774,7 @@ fi
 
 if test "$use_internal_jimtcl" = yes; then
   if test -f "$srcdir/jimtcl/configure.ac"; then
-    AX_CONFIG_SUBDIR_OPTION([jimtcl], [--with-jim-ext=nvp --disable-lineedit])
+    AX_CONFIG_SUBDIR_OPTION([jimtcl], [--with-jim-ext=nvp --disable-lineedit --disable-install-jim])
   else
     AC_MSG_ERROR([jimtcl not found, run git submodule init and git submodule update.])
   fi