diff --git a/package/xterm/Config.in b/package/xterm/Config.in
index 33adf25f4f..e17d2c6d90 100644
--- a/package/xterm/Config.in
+++ b/package/xterm/Config.in
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_XTERM
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_NCURSES
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_XLIB_LIBXAW
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_XORG7
+	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # fork()
 	help
 	  xterm terminal emulator