diff --git a/srcpkgs/caddy/template b/srcpkgs/caddy/template
index e68b9f99e3c..bd5ad1f7dde 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/caddy/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/caddy/template
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ make_dirs="
 	/etc/caddy 0700 caddy caddy
 	/var/lib/caddy 0700 caddy caddy"
 
+pre_build() {
+	vsed -e 's,var EnableTelemetry = true,var EnableTelemetry = false,g' -i caddy/caddymain/run.go
+}
+
 post_install() {
 	vsv caddy
 }