diff --git a/package/gcr/Config.in b/package/gcr/Config.in
index e233fffed0..afbec1a317 100644
--- a/package/gcr/Config.in
+++ b/package/gcr/Config.in
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_GCR
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # libglib2
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # libglib2
 	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS # p11-kit
+	depends on !BR2_PACKAGE_GNUPG # gnupg2
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_GNUPG2 # runtime
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGCRYPT
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGLIB2
@@ -15,6 +16,15 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_GCR
 	  https://developer.gnome.org/gcr/
 
 comment "gcr needs a toolchain w/ wchar, threads, dynamic library"
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGPG_ERROR_ARCH_SUPPORTS
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
 	depends on !BR2_USE_WCHAR || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || \
 		BR2_STATIC_LIBS
+
+comment "gcr is incompatible with gnupg, gnupg2 only"
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGPG_ERROR_ARCH_SUPPORTS
+	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
+	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
+	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_GNUPG # gnupg2