diff --git a/pkgs/kde/gear/krdc/default.nix b/pkgs/kde/gear/krdc/default.nix
index 301b214f280d..ca6864e87903 100644
--- a/pkgs/kde/gear/krdc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/kde/gear/krdc/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {
+  lib,
   mkKdeDerivation,
   pkg-config,
   shared-mime-info,
@@ -10,6 +11,13 @@
 mkKdeDerivation {
   pname = "krdc";
 
+  # freerdp3 is not yet supported by 24.12 version of krdc
+  # can be dropped with 25.04 kdePackages release, as that will default to freerdp3
+  # backporting freerdp3 support is non-trivial
+  cmakeFlags = [
+    (lib.cmakeBool "WITH_RDP" false)
+  ];
+
   extraNativeBuildInputs = [
     pkg-config
     shared-mime-info