diff --git a/package/dbus-cpp/Config.in b/package/dbus-cpp/Config.in
index f631ece2f4..8e9ed662a5 100644
--- a/package/dbus-cpp/Config.in
+++ b/package/dbus-cpp/Config.in
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_DBUS_CPP
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # dbus
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # dbus
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
+	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_MUSL # no PTHREAD_RECURSIVE_MUTEX_*
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_EXPAT
 	help
 	  dbus-c++ attempts to provide a C++ API for D-BUS.
@@ -12,7 +13,8 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_DBUS_CPP
 
 	  http://sourceforge.net/projects/dbus-cplusplus/
 
-comment "dbus-c++ needs a toolchain w/ C++, threads"
+comment "dbus-c++ needs a uClibc or (e)glibc toolchain w/ C++, threads"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_DBUS
-	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
+	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS \
+		|| BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_MUSL