diff --git a/package/makedumpfile/Config.in b/package/makedumpfile/Config.in
index e41c4641a2..d5af38b598 100644
--- a/package/makedumpfile/Config.in
+++ b/package/makedumpfile/Config.in
@@ -7,9 +7,10 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_MAKEDUMPFILE_ARCH_SUPPORTS
 	default y if BR2_s390x
 	default y if BR2_sparc64
 
-comment "makedumpfile needs a uClibc or glibc toolchain w/ wchar, dynamic library"
+comment "makedumpfile needs a uClibc or glibc toolchain w/ wchar, dynamic library, threads"
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_MAKEDUMPFILE_ARCH_SUPPORTS
 	depends on !BR2_USE_WCHAR || BR2_STATIC_LIBS \
+		|| !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS \
 		|| !(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_UCLIBC || BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_GLIBC)
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_MAKEDUMPFILE