diff --git a/package/acpitool/Config.in b/package/acpitool/Config.in
index 7992e0f915..a6f082cc5c 100644
--- a/package/acpitool/Config.in
+++ b/package/acpitool/Config.in
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_ACPITOOL
 	bool "acpitool"
+	depends on !BR2_bfin
+	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
 	help
 	  A small, convenient command-line ACPI client with a lot of
@@ -7,5 +10,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_ACPITOOL
 
 	  http://acpitool.sourceforge.net
 
-comment "acpitool needs a toolchain w/ C++"
-	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
+comment "acpitool needs a toolchain w/ threads, C++, dynamic library"
+	depends on !BR2_bfin
+	depends on BR2_STATIC_LIBS || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS \
+		|| !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP