diff --git a/3rdparty/kleidicv/CMakeLists.txt b/3rdparty/kleidicv/CMakeLists.txt
index a7f7c1a37c..060357662c 100644
--- a/3rdparty/kleidicv/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/3rdparty/kleidicv/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -20,4 +20,5 @@ else()
   set(THE_ROOT "${OpenCV_BINARY_DIR}/3rdparty/kleidicv/kleidicv-${KLEIDICV_SRC_COMMIT}")
 endif()
 
+option(KLEIDICV_ENABLE_SME2 "" OFF) # not compatible with some CLang versions in NDK
 include("${THE_ROOT}/adapters/opencv/CMakeLists.txt")