diff --git a/package/libxmlrpc/Config.in b/package/libxmlrpc/Config.in
index 26e4a52f69..d24a79163d 100644
--- a/package/libxmlrpc/Config.in
+++ b/package/libxmlrpc/Config.in
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBXMLRPC
 	bool "libxmlrpc"
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBCURL
 	help
 	  XML-RPC is a quick-and-easy way to make procedure calls over
@@ -8,3 +9,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBXMLRPC
 	  back the response as XML.
 
 	  http://xmlrpc-c.sourceforge.net/
+
+comment "libxmlrpc needs a toolchain w/ threads"
+	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS