diff --git a/package/erlang/Config.in b/package/erlang/Config.in
index 2ee85155e4..06833b9d86 100644
--- a/package/erlang/Config.in
+++ b/package/erlang/Config.in
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
+comment "erlang needs a toolchain w/ threads"
+	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
+
 config BR2_PACKAGE_ERLANG
 	bool "erlang"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # fork()
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
 	help
 	  Erlang is a programming language used to build massively scalable
 	  soft real-time systems with requirements on high availability.