diff --git a/package/libmbim/Config.in b/package/libmbim/Config.in
index 4f80592649..5db8efbf9c 100644
--- a/package/libmbim/Config.in
+++ b/package/libmbim/Config.in
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBMBIM
 	bool "libmbim"
 	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # libglib2
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # libglib2
+	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # libglib2
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_UDEV
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGUDEV
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGLIB2
@@ -13,5 +14,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBMBIM
 	  http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/libmbim/
 
 comment "libmbim needs udev /dev management and a toolchain w/ wchar, threads"
+	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
 	depends on !BR2_USE_WCHAR || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || \
 		!BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_UDEV