--- libbb/appletlib.c
+++ libbb/appletlib.c
@@ -189,6 +189,12 @@
 		name = unaliased_name;
 	}
 
+#if ENABLE_HTTPD
+	if (is_prefixed_with(name, "httpd")) {
+		return APPLET_NO_httpd;
+	}
+#endif
+
 /* The commented-out word-at-a-time code is ~40% faster, but +160 bytes.
  * "Faster" here saves ~0.5 microsecond of real time - not worth it.
  */