diff --git a/package/makedumpfile/Config.in b/package/makedumpfile/Config.in
index 8ae8579cea..a90ccbdf3c 100644
--- a/package/makedumpfile/Config.in
+++ b/package/makedumpfile/Config.in
@@ -1,9 +1,19 @@
+config BR2_PACKAGE_MAKEDUMPFILE_ARCH_SUPPORTS
+	bool
+	default y if BR2_aarch64 || BR2_aarch64_be
+	default y if BR2_arm || BR2_armeb
+	default y if BR2_i386 || BR2_x86_64
+	default y if BR2_powerpc || BR2_powerpc64 || BR2_powerpc64le
+	default y if BR2_sparc64
+
 comment "makedumpfile needs a uClibc or glibc toolchain w/ wchar, dynamic library"
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_MAKEDUMPFILE_ARCH_SUPPORTS
 	depends on !BR2_USE_WCHAR || BR2_STATIC_LIBS \
 		|| !(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_UCLIBC || BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_GLIBC)
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_MAKEDUMPFILE
 	bool "makedumpfile"
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_MAKEDUMPFILE_ARCH_SUPPORTS
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
 	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS # dlopen
 	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR