diff --git a/meta-webserver/recipes-httpd/nginx/nginx.inc b/meta-webserver/recipes-httpd/nginx/nginx.inc
index ab37fa3146..7637002f23 100644
--- a/meta-webserver/recipes-httpd/nginx/nginx.inc
+++ b/meta-webserver/recipes-httpd/nginx/nginx.inc
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ do_configure () {
     --with-ptr-size=${PTRSIZE} \
     --with-sig-atomic-t=${PTRSIZE} \
     --with-size-t=${PTRSIZE} \
-    --with-off-t=${PTRSIZE} \
+    --with-off-t=8 \
     --with-time-t=${PTRSIZE} \
     --with-sys-nerr=132 \
     --conf-path=${sysconfdir}/nginx/nginx.conf \