diff --git a/package/boost/Config.in b/package/boost/Config.in
index 3b3c89b8c1..37a7e7339f 100644
--- a/package/boost/Config.in
+++ b/package/boost/Config.in
@@ -79,6 +79,13 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_DATE_TIME
 config BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_EXCEPTION
 	bool "boost-exception"
 
+config BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_FIBER
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS_NPTL
+	bool "boost-fiber"
+
+comment "boost-fiber needs a toolchain w/ NPTL"
+	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS_NPTL
+
 config BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_FILESYSTEM
 	bool "boost-filesystem"
 
diff --git a/package/boost/boost.mk b/package/boost/boost.mk
index 598ffbe10e..0fd6c4d0de 100644
--- a/package/boost/boost.mk
+++ b/package/boost/boost.mk
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ BOOST_WITHOUT_FLAGS += $(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_CONTEXT),,context)
 BOOST_WITHOUT_FLAGS += $(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_COROUTINE),,coroutine)
 BOOST_WITHOUT_FLAGS += $(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_DATE_TIME),,date_time)
 BOOST_WITHOUT_FLAGS += $(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_EXCEPTION),,exception)
+BOOST_WITHOUT_FLAGS += $(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_FILESYSTEM),,fiber)
 BOOST_WITHOUT_FLAGS += $(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_FILESYSTEM),,filesystem)
 BOOST_WITHOUT_FLAGS += $(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_GRAPH),,graph)
 BOOST_WITHOUT_FLAGS += $(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_GRAPH_PARALLEL),,graph_parallel)