diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index b74f53f7abb766b0be9651a0cdb3fd65b6733116..5e9274d497216637c1f50b96a494a4ff08fef909 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -424,6 +424,8 @@ AS_IF([test "x$enable_ofi_pool_manager" = "xyes"], [
    AS_IF([test ! -f $srcdir/deps/libfabric/configure],
          [(cd $srcdir/deps/libfabric; ./autogen.sh)])
    #AX_SUBDIRS_CONFIGURE([deps/libfabric],[[--enable-embedded],[--disable-rxm],[--disable-rxd],[--disable-psm]],[],[],[])
+   dnl Configuring without kdreg to fix issue https://gitlab.com/cerl/maestro/maestro-core/-/issues/117 which relates to https://github.com/ofiwg/libfabric/issues/5313
+   dnl Whether doing so creates a performance problem or not is still to be determined
    AX_SUBDIRS_CONFIGURE([deps/libfabric],[[--enable-embedded],[--disable-rxd],[--disable-shm],[--disable-tcp],[--with-kdreg=no],[--enable-debug]],[],[],[])
    AC_MSG_NOTICE([================== done preconfiguring private libfabric library build])
   ])