diff --git a/package/trace-cmd/Config.in b/package/trace-cmd/Config.in
index d48e0fdcdb..9d454e494b 100644
--- a/package/trace-cmd/Config.in
+++ b/package/trace-cmd/Config.in
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_TRACE_CMD
 	depends on BR2_LARGEFILE
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
 	depends on !BR2_avr32 # AVR32 does not have TLS support
+	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # fork()
 	help
 	  Command line reader for ftrace.